groves@noao.edu (Lee Groves) (01/28/89)
From article <5580@paris.ics.uci.edu>, by poleary@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Petey O'Leary): > In article <248@ai.etl.army.mil> richr@ai.etl.army.mil. (Richard Rosenthal) writes: > >> Why doesn't Apple offer some kind of all-in-one SE with a bigger screen? >> [stuff deleted] > Can you imagine > an SE with a 13" color screen in it? > How about "MacMicrowave" instead of "MacToaster"... > Looks to me like we've just invented the Lisa :) :) :) Lee -- Lee J. Groves, National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ Usenet: {arizona,decvax,ncar}!noao!lgroves or uunet!noao.edu!lgroves Internet: lgroves@noao.edu SPAN/HEPNET: draco::lgroves Phonenet: 602-325-9357
planting@sun16.cs.pittsburgh.edu (Dr. Harry Plantinga) (01/28/89)
>> Why doesn't Apple offer some kind of all-in-one SE with a bigger screen? > >Speculation: > >Apple seems to be clinging to Steve Jobs idea of the "MacToaster": a computer >that is easy to use, unobtrusive, portable, etc. I've long thought that the SE should have had a 12" portrait- orientation monitor. Instead of a 5" x 7" usable area, it would have a 9" x 7" usable area, able to display a full page of text (without page boarders). The only difference necessary in the size of the box is that it would have to be 4" taller. But that seems reasonable: many people have their mac plusses and SEs on pedestals of some sort anyway. They could even make it a hair wider to make the proportions more attractive if necessary. How 'bout it apple? For many people, the screen size of the SE is a major complaint. Harry Plantinga planting@vax.cs.pittsburgh.edu