Apple 2007 = Braun 1960
 

Cue the hypocritical defenses of the brainwashed masses.

Apple's been doing this **** since the very beginning. It's fundamental to their business model. The only innovation they provide is new ways to convince their hapless followers into forking over more money.

Cue the hypocritical defenses of the brainwashed masses. To be frank, I knew you'd post first http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Originally posted by Sirotnikov
To be frank, I knew you'd post first http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif Oooo, they only let the smart ones in the Israeli military!!

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Originally posted by Asher


Oooo, they only let the smart ones in the Israeli military!! well that, and they check for exceptionally large penis size http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Originally posted by VetLegion
The rest is nonsense. QFT.

Can anyone tell me what the third and fourth things on teh left actually are?

Originally posted by Cort Haus
Can anyone tell me what the third and fourth things on teh left actually are? A speaker and a radio.

But read the article. They aren't saying Apple is ripping off the designs (well, some may think they still are, but that isn't the jist), but Apple is following the design philosophy of Dieter Rams who was Braun in the 60s (isn't a bad person to follow, mind, since a number of his designs are in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC) and in some instances are an homage to them.

Btw, in the article see how the radio has the same perforated edges as a MacPro, its kinda cool.

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Snoopy must have actually read the article: It's about the fact that Apple's lead industrial designer (Ive) is an unabashed fan of Dieter Rams. Sorry, that was just my opinion... I was at work, and Rah wouldn't like it if I took time to actually read articles on Poly http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Originally posted by Asher
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Whaleboy's stalk-spam http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ons/icon13.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ons/icon13.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ons/icon13.gif I suppose if God had created you as the first human instead of Adam we'd all be living it up in Eden, given the profound existential dread you'd have experienced at the merest thought of even going near an Apple.

Originally posted by Whaleboy


I suppose if God had created you as the first human instead of Adam we'd all be living it up in Eden, given the profound existential dread you'd have experienced at the merest thought of even going near an Apple. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/confused.gif

How quickly you forget, I do own an iPod and a MacBook Pro. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/confused.gif

I'm merely pointing out that some people, namely certain Apple fanboys, have conniptions if anything remotely resembles an Apple product (see Agathon's post in a recent thread taking shots at Windows Mobile).

QFT

That's also, I'd imagine, Siro's reason for posting this thread. Ie, everyone copies.

Originally posted by Pekka
While I definitely agree with Asher, I don't have the same position on this particular issue about stealing ideas.

Basically I think stealing ideas (including design) is a good thing. If it works, steal it, use it, sell it. Didn't I just say this?

Asher, I didn't read the whole thread, sorry if I claimed something that wasn't true on your part. My bad.

Pekka is in for butt sex!

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Spec.

I'm waiting for Agathon to point out how Apple innovated again with the iTunes rental service, which is in no way comparable to, say, the Xbox Live Video Marketplace. http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/wink.gif

Originally posted by Pekka
I mean just look at the TV ads. It's all about cool image kids, while for example PC is seen as old and nerdy. It's because you are dumb ****s.

Wake up Noddy...

So I presume this will give Agathon his 7th consecutive warning.

Which mod wants to man up and pull the trigger for once?

I don't see how this makes us dumb fs.

Originally posted by Agathon
The problem here is that you guys are essentially Luddite retards. Windows Mobile is antiquated ****. Who the **** would buy a Windows Mobileshit phone when you could have a decent multitouch phone?

People who support Microsoft are retards. It's yesterday's company with yesterday's products.

Only a ****wit would buy that ****. Windows Vista isn't even as good as OS X.4.

http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...milies/lol.gif you ****ing losers. Why do you keep proving Asher's points? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/neeschud.gif

Yesterday's company with 90%+ PC marketshare http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif.

As expected, Apple announced a very thin notebook and their new online movie rental service at Macworld today.

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