[HN Gopher] Apple ends consulting agreement with Jony Ive
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       Apple ends consulting agreement with Jony Ive
        
       Author : carlycue
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2022-07-12 21:35 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nytimes.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nytimes.com)
        
       | gjvc wrote:
       | Snow Leopard was the peak!
        
       | subtract-smiles wrote:
       | While I doubt this will happen, I am interested to see if any of
       | Apples products (recent MacBook Pros excluded) will get a drastic
       | design overhaul.
        
         | throwaway5959 wrote:
         | Could you imagine if they finally made the Magic Mouse a decent
         | mouse? Recharge from the front, more ergonomic, great
         | pairing/switching.
        
           | CodeWriter23 wrote:
           | Or, just wired. I don't care if they call it the Bottom
           | Feeders Mouse for N00bs I'd buy it.
        
           | SSLy wrote:
           | I can, other companies are making that.
        
       | lttlrck wrote:
       | The man has skills but this past due. Apple devices have become
       | sterile, utilitarian, no passion.
       | 
       | Sony set a very high watermark practicality and desirability -
       | subjective of course, but just look at what they've done over the
       | years:
       | 
       | https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/design/gallery/
       | 
       | I hope Apple can inject some creativity.
        
         | mgh2 wrote:
         | Is design supposed to be transient to catch up with the times?
         | 
         | Like fashion, the discipline is bound to change over time;
         | fresh new thinkers are always needed to continually keep pace
         | with innovation.
        
         | booi wrote:
         | sony minidisc player is the epitome of design... or I'm just
         | stuck in the 90's
        
       | unixhero wrote:
       | Can we have kick ass laptops again?
        
         | maxxam wrote:
         | We already started getting them imo. Look at the 14in MacBook
         | Pro for example.
        
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