Here are the most extravagant designs of Apple products.
Apple characterizes itself as a company that takes care of the smallest design detail of its products, which land on the market with an elegant and minimalist appearance. In fact, it is something that is also transferred to the user interface design of its operating systems.
But it has not always been so. Apple, like any other tech company, has also had its glitches and slip-ups. On some occasions, Apple has introduced some products with such a bizarre and grotesque design which have been received in the market with all kinds of criticism, mockery and ridicule.
Apple products with the most grotesque design
If recently we were looking at a catalog with the rarest Apple products such as sneakers, a clothing collection and even an analog watch, this time we will do the same with a list of the company’s most grotesque products.
Macintosh 20th anniversary
This product was released by Apple in 1997.
There are products like the first iPhone that seemed to be ahead of their time and then there are other products that, well, maybe shouldn’t even have been born. We are talking about the 20th anniversary Macintosh, a computer introduced in 1996. Judge for yourselves, it looks more like a computer than a computer. a trash can with an old tv with two stereo speakers.
Lisa
Apple’s Lisa computer had a very unconventional design
The endearing Apple computer dedicated to Steve Jobs’ daughter seemed doomed from the start. But while its bold design didn’t have everything with it, its graphical interface was one of the best on the market. Plus, it came with one of the first mice in history. Unfortunately, it was a complete sales failure for Apple.
Power Mac G4 Cube
The Power Mac G4 Cube had a futuristic design that many consumers liked
The fact that a product has a grotesque design does not imply or mean that it cannot be a beautiful design.. In fact, the Power Mac G4 Cube is quite a handsome and stylish device. He has something special, right? But it’s still far from conventional. With a graphite-colored case, this personal Mac designed by Jony Ive was too expensive for the average Apple user. It lasted about a year on the market. and then we never heard from him again.
Mac Pro (2013)
It was one of Apple’s most grotesque designs
If the 20th Anniversary Macintosh looked like trash, this Mac Pro released in 2013 looked like a trash can… but more modern. Maybe one of those mall trash cans. Apple likes to “think outside the box”, so much so that sometimes its product vision spirals out of control. The 2013 Mac Pro was one of the most criticized Macs of all time, with its grotesque (albeit impressive) design, few upgrade options, and did not have a proper ventilation system. Moreover, it cost more than 3,000 dollars.
Mac Pro (2019)
The 2019 Mac Pro and its cooling system look like a cheese grater
While the 2013 Mac Pro looked like a trash can, the 2019 Mac Pro looks like a cheese grater. In fact, Apple made fun of IKEA in an ad for a cheese grater. Although this design offers a much more efficient ventilation system, the truth is that this is a very rare design. Few people got used to it.
ipod hi-fi
The iPod Hi-Fi could be considered the predecessor of the HomePod
Just before the birth of the first generation of iPhone, there were already Apple products with their own accessories in the form of docks. The iPod Hi-Fi was a gigantic stereo speaker which functioned as a docking station by allowing the iPod to be docked at the top. While it is true that its design was not particularly ugly, it is quite rare connect a device as small as the iPod to a speaker of such huge dimensions. This sort of HomePod predecessor had great sound quality, but was overpriced and had very poor portability despite having two huge handles.
eMate 300
The eMate 300 was focused on the student environment
The eMate 300 reminds us of those black-and-white screen toys we got for Christmas in the 1990s. It’s definitely a laptop I wouldn’t buy. Yes, you have to innovate and take risks. You need to offer consumers designs they’ve never seen before. But this design did not convince anyone. I had a 6.8-inch screen and the Newton operating systemit came with a stylus and was encased in a transparent blue-green plastic case.
It was only a year before Steve Jobs realized that the eMate 300 was going nowhere and removed it from Apple’s catalog. But there was something good about the grotesque design of the eMate 300, inspired the design of the iMac G3one of the most popular Mac devices of all time.
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