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I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone accuse anything Apple made of being garish.

by willbw 3y ago

skullone 3y ago
They only have like 2% of the PC/laptop market, so not many people think they're that attractive. I like my M1 MacBook itself, but hate the aluminum chassis. I find it brutally garish, sharp and uncomfortable (hurts to type on, hurts my wrists where they rest on a sharp edge, so it's basically a desktop with an attached keyboard and mouse)
- crazygringo 3y ago
  It's fine that you don't like it, but it's not garish. That's just not what the word means. MacBooks are literally the opposite of that: adjective gar· ish | \ ˈger-ish \ Definition 1 : clothed in vivid colors //a garish clown 2 a : excessively or disturbingly vivid //garish colors //garish imagery b : offensively or distressingly bright : GLARING 3 : tastelessly showy : FLASHY //garish neon signs https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garish https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garish
  - skullone 3y ago
    Apologies then, I understood it to mean tasteless, not necesarrily bright or colorful.
    - ShamelessC 3y ago
      Admitting when you’re wrong is tough. Here’s an upvote.
- Johnny555 3y ago
  so not many people think they're that attractive Do most people buy a laptop based mainly on appearance? I always thought that most people buy a Windows laptop because that's what they need for work/school (or what they are most familiar with from work/school).
  - thorncorona 3y ago
    Many of my friends think most windows laptops look garish
    - skullone 3y ago
      Windows 11 is pretty terrible. So much bad design, I wonder how they do it.
adolph 3y ago
> I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone accuse anything Apple made of being garish. Not that I disagree in general, but the Apple Watch Edition is arguably in that zone. Most recently, he was seen wearing a solid 18k yellow gold Apple Watch on a special gold bracelet that was never made available to the public (the same one that Beyoncé and other celebrities were also rocking). The best part though? He appears to have never actually set the thing up, instead going Andy Warhol–style, wearing it purely as a piece of jewelry. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/karl-lagerfeld-audemars-piguet-royal-oak-black https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/karl-lagerfeld-audemars-pi...
- WrongAssumption 3y ago
  I wouldn’t consider something that was never made available to the public a product, nor what looks like a simple gold bracelet particularly garish.
philwelch 3y ago
Behold, the Blue Dalmatian and Flower Power iMacs! https://www.cultofmac.com/468313/flower-power-blue-dalmatian-imac/ https://www.cultofmac.com/468313/flower-power-blue-dalmatian...
- Nevermark 3y ago
  Well .. you should see the quadrillions of grey sharp cornered boxes those beautific gumdrops put to shame!
lmm 3y ago
The "touch bar" was garish. So were the G3 iMacs if you remember back that far. They're just a company. They have good designers but they make mistakes like anyone else.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone accuse anything Apple made of being garish.

by willbw 3y ago

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone accuse anything Apple made of being garish.

They only have like 2% of the PC/laptop market, so not many people think they're that attractive. I like my M1 MacBook itself, but hate the aluminum chassis. I find it brutally garish, sharp and uncomfortable (hurts to type on, hurts my wrists where they rest on a sharp edge, so it's basically a desktop with an attached keyboard and mouse)

crazygringo 3y ago
It's fine that you don't like it, but it's not garish. That's just not what the word means. MacBooks are literally the opposite of that: adjective gar· ish | \ ˈger-ish \ Definition 1 : clothed in vivid colors //a garish clown 2 a : excessively or disturbingly vivid //garish colors //garish imagery b : offensively or distressingly bright : GLARING 3 : tastelessly showy : FLASHY //garish neon signs https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garish https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garish
- skullone 3y ago
  Apologies then, I understood it to mean tasteless, not necesarrily bright or colorful.
  - ShamelessC 3y ago
    Admitting when you’re wrong is tough. Here’s an upvote.
Johnny555 3y ago
so not many people think they're that attractive Do most people buy a laptop based mainly on appearance? I always thought that most people buy a Windows laptop because that's what they need for work/school (or what they are most familiar with from work/school).
- thorncorona 3y ago
  Many of my friends think most windows laptops look garish
  - skullone 3y ago
    Windows 11 is pretty terrible. So much bad design, I wonder how they do it.

adolph 3y ago

> I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone accuse anything Apple made of being garish. Not that I disagree in general, but the Apple Watch Edition is arguably in that zone. Most recently, he was seen wearing a solid 18k yellow gold Apple Watch on a special gold bracelet that was never made available to the public (the same one that Beyoncé and other celebrities were also rocking). The best part though? He appears to have never actually set the thing up, instead going Andy Warhol–style, wearing it purely as a piece of jewelry. https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/karl-lagerfeld-audemars-piguet-royal-oak-black https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/karl-lagerfeld-audemars-pi...

WrongAssumption 3y ago
I wouldn’t consider something that was never made available to the public a product, nor what looks like a simple gold bracelet particularly garish.

philwelch 3y ago

Behold, the Blue Dalmatian and Flower Power iMacs! https://www.cultofmac.com/468313/flower-power-blue-dalmatian-imac/ https://www.cultofmac.com/468313/flower-power-blue-dalmatian...

Nevermark 3y ago
Well .. you should see the quadrillions of grey sharp cornered boxes those beautific gumdrops put to shame!

lmm 3y ago

The "touch bar" was garish. So were the G3 iMacs if you remember back that far. They're just a company. They have good designers but they make mistakes like anyone else.