Copy - GENIAL PRESENTATION

Jessica Maier, Gabriela Dimitrova, Tilda Rose

-the effects on user friendliness

Computer Design

1970s

computers getting smaller

The invention of the microchip

Apple II

disk drive

key board

screen

lighter

Apple 1990-2000

thinner

smaller

design still needs to be adapted to modern design values and aesthetics

(Brand) Familiarity

Intuitivity

"Less is more"

Conclusion

Thanks!

• Leslie Haddon (1988) The home computer: The making of a consumer electronic, Science as Culture

• Abbate, Janet (1999) The Electrical Century, Proceedings of the IEEE Vol. 87
• The Apple Collection (2020) Evolution of Mac computers and Apple design

access on http://www.theapplecollection.com/design/macdesign/index.html

Images:

• 1: https://thecustomizewindows.com/2011/01/major-trends-of-evolution-of-the-computer-1950-2010/
• 2:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II#/media/File:Apple_II_typical_configuration_1977.png
• 3: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fde.ifixit.com%2FDevice%2FMacBook_Air_11%2522_Late_2010&psig=AOvVaw197XFADeMfb_bo5HLM9cco&ust=1651403595762000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCMCQ6PnTu_cCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAF

Sources:

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