@RonsCompVids I was always a huge fan of the “Snow White” design language, with the Apple IIgs and Apple IIc being the most beautiful of them all. I gave most of those products with that design a “least ugly” rating. Also the original iMac I always thought was quite beautiful.

Apple changed it up a little with their mid-90s design language just prior to the return of Steve Jobs, with what I would deem “mixed results.” The later Quadra 600 series, and the Performa 6000 series, and the Color Classic, were sort-of “Snow White” except more minimalist in the design, which I liked a lot but weren’t as nice without the airflow lines of something like the Macintosh IIsi or SE/30.

The Molar Mac and Twentieth Anniversary Mac were the ugliest. (Also the JLPGA Macs.)

Also, just want to remind everyone that @NanoRaptor frequently does parodies of Apple design, check out this article about some of her creations.

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