[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

My vote goes to these:

Any Mac II:


The Under the monitor box like the 7100's:


Blue and White towers (great idea to give the pro consumers iMac colours):


And the early iBooks. I would have liked it if the screen was bigger but instead when you opened it up you had 2 inches of plastic around the edge. The handle and latch-less opening was cool though:


I know most everyone is going to say the G3-all in one but it really wasn't that bad in a school environment. Better then a room full of Orange and green iMacs.

[benb]

What were the ugliest Macs ever made?

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by benb:
What were the ugliest Macs ever made?

Who the hell cares

[effgee]

of all the macs i've ever seen ... that one



no contest. *shudder*

[mitchell_pgh]

[timster]

My vote would go to the powermac 4400, it was truly the BEIGE box. And it was cheap and looked cheap and had cheap parts.

http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/4400.shtml

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:

I don't think that was a Mac though. Wasn't it an Apple server?

[waxcrash]

It's not a Mac, but the eMate is ugly.

[olePigeon]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:

That's technically not Mac.

[benb]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
Who the hell cares

Apparently I do, if you want to know.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by waxcrash:
It's not a Mac, but the eMate is ugly.

Aww common! That is one is one of the coolest designs ever! It was the first taste of transparent plastics that would later be really trendy!

Plus Batgirl had one.

[mitchell_pgh]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
I don't think that was a Mac though. Wasn't it an Apple server?

It had Macintosh on the outside... I may be wrong... At the time, I thought it looked cool, but now that I'm older, it looks ugly...

I'll be honest... even the TAM (20th Anniversary Macintosh) doesn't look that cool anymore.

I give respect to those that have them, but it looks a little "Dell Like" by todays standards.

[mitchell_pgh]

OK, not Macs, but...



Mac LX

[hostvisions]

It had Macintosh on the outside... I may be wrong... At the time, I thought it looked cool, but now that I'm older, it looks ugly...

That's the 8100/9100 series tower, and far from the ugliest apple ever!

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by mitchell_pgh:
OK, not Macs, but...

I love what is says on the board behind it

[Millennium]

Oh, come on, people. The ugliest Mac ever made is the Flower-Power iMac. No contest.

[disectamac]

This one is the ugliest

[Superchicken]

Flower Power and Blue Dalmatian... and the MDD Power Mac.

[Powaqqatsi]

Originally posted by hostvisions:
That's the 8100/9100 series tower, and far from the ugliest apple ever!

Nope, this is an 8100:


It's Workgroup Server 9150 I think. 9000-series PowerMacs started with the 9500.

And I agree with SWG that the B&W G3 is the ugliest ever.

[alphasubzero949]

I'm surprised no one mentioned the flower power iMacs yet...

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by alphasubzero949:
I'm surprised no one mentioned the flower power iMacs yet...

Other then the 2 people that mentioned it already

[effgee]

Originally posted by alphasubzero 949:
I'm surprised no one mentioned the flower power iMacs yet...

and I'm surprised that you haven't read Millenium's post above ...

[effgee]

damn you, Severed Hand of Skywalker, damn you for typing faster than me ...

[Link]

Originally posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker:
I know most everyone is going to say the G3-all in one but it really wasn't that bad in a school environment. Better then a room full of Orange and green iMacs.

I'd take a room full of green imacs any day (not so sure about orange, however).

My fav imac CRT was the blue dalmation. For some reason not seeing the guts made the machine seem nicer.

Otherwise I prefer the g4 imac. The g3 form factor was one of the weirdest computers I've ever seen (except for the eOne)

G3s were cool.. the only el capitan case I didn't really like was the graphite one.

The performa monitors with the speakers on the bottom AND the ones on with them on the sides were the UGLIEST monitors ever... well except 1980's japanese ripoffs...

[Sealobo]

The original iBook... they're not ugly, but that's one sissy laptop design...

[entrox]

The current G5. I just HATE that retro-look. Extremely ugly.

[brapper]

Originally posted by entrox:
The current G5. I just HATE that retro-look. Extremely ugly.

retro?..Yeah, I guess metal sure is pass�...

[TubaMuffins]

Originally posted by entrox:
The current G5. I just HATE that retro-look. Extremely ugly.

i do agree that the cheese grater is ugly, but i like the brushed steel.
I think the whole iMac line is ugly, especially the new ones. they are fun to play with but I can't stand them

[Ken Masters]

Originally posted by Millennium:
Oh, come on, people. The ugliest Mac ever made is the Flower-Power iMac. No contest.

Absolutely the ugliest, gayest, stupidest and moronic idea ever by Apple. People who didn't think Apple was stupid did after that.

Its what happens when you run out of ideas i guess.

[-Q-]

Any of the clones:








If you're sticking to Apple-designed stuff, the IIsi is pretty ugly:

[hagheid]

We've a Flowerpower & a Dalmation.
Everyone who sees them is blown away. So there!
BEST macs ever made.
Way removed from the oh so kasual korporate loft-living office boy tosh fodder that passes as design a la GEE 5 '80's habitat wastebaskets.
"Oh goody 'Friends' is on, Let's watch with dips"
Ives...get a L

[Frisbee]

Originally posted by waxcrash:
It's not a Mac, but the eMate is ugly.

I have one of those, they're awesome.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by hagheid:
We've a Flowerpower & a Dalmation.

I think those were 2 cool looking iMacs. They had there market which was for kids, not teenage boys that are so insecure that it might make them look gay.

The G5's have a very cool look. It really does look like something from a 70's Sci-Fi set. Plus with the side off it is stunning.

[iWrite]

Any Performa.

Whenever I see one of those -- by accident, I assure you --I instinctively need a good stiff drink.

[rjenkinson]

behold! the mac portable!

-r.

[Jaey]

eMates are sexy. They suck, but they look cool.

[Mediaman_12]

Originally posted by -Q-:
If you're sticking to Apple-designed stuff, the IIsi is pretty ugly:

That has to be the worst case Apple ever made, was the chief designer on holiday? It wouldn't even take a standard video card.
Enginer:"Errrr! Quick! We need a case design for the updated Mac IIsi, like yesterday!"
Design dept: "well we have just finished this LC case, I suppose we could just bulk it up a bit.
There may be some expansion & access issues though."
Enginer:"Yep that sounds good, can you turn it around real quick. We can work out any issues during testing."


But you have to go a long way to beat the PPC 440. In the dark years when Apple was getting beaten to death by the cloners it attempted to go for the low end market, somehow they managed to create something worse than the cloners, but somehow still the most expensive?

[Truepop]

Originally posted by rjenkinson:


behold! the mac portable!

-r.

I was going to post that one. I remember having a clip from it being used in space and it would shoot floppies out.

by far very ugly.

[hagheid]

I'll wager that new products coming along will feature colour( Scots Sp!) perhaps even some (heaven forbid) patterns & textures -ipod mini is a welcome but piddling return to a 'look different' agenda.

The hardware products need to be much 'more' radical in appearance. The towers are an abysmal total yawn, & have been since the b/w

You say colo(u)r - I say yes please.

[Kenneth]

Originally posted by Frisbee:
I have one of those, they're awesome.

the eMate rocks!!

Did the clamshell iBook team get the idea from the eMate?

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Well a couple that were not so much UGLY but STUPID was when the PowerPC first shipped. They just stuck them in the old 6100 case when it was supposed to be a turning point for Mac.

Same goes for the G3's. They stuck them in 7000 series and tower cases. Stupid.

[Mediaman_12]

Originally posted by Kenneth:
the eMate rocks!!

Did the clamshell iBook team get the idea from the eMate?

I thought that the eMate was the first Apple product with input from Ive's. <looks in AppleDesign book to check on hunch>No I was wrong. So Apple was on the Transparent Plastic thing before Ive's arrived, interesting.

But dear god I think we have a winner, I present the Performa 6400
it's just so bland, with no redeeming features.

[Naz]

wow these are ugly

[Jaey]

Whoa, the Performa 6400 looks awesome.

[Theodour]

I think the original iBook, and the wacky colored iMacs were some of the coolest computer designs ever. Seriously.

I liked the B&W G3 towers too.

I don't like the quicksilvers and MDDs very much ... THAT to me seemed like they were running out of ideas. (just style, not actual hardware design)

But only only Macs I thought were just flat out embarrassing were the Performa 6400/6500 towers.

I think those models made apple look cheap.

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Originally posted by Mediaman_12:

But dear god I think we have a winner, I present the Performa 6400
it's just so bland, with no redeeming features.

I thought that was rather groundbreaking. At the time all other towers had no rounded corners, plus that tower was a good performer and dirt cheap next to all other Mac towers. Didn't it also have a sub woofer built into the bottom?

[Cadaver]

I was going to post the Performa 6400 tower myself. Yuck!

[quandarry]

lets face it all the beige ones were ugly...only after that designer guy hired by jobs did macs start looking good except for the clamshell toilet seat ibook...that really takes the cake.

[Vader�s Pinch of Death]

Originally posted by quandarry:
lets face it all the beige ones were ugly...only after that designer guy hired by jobs did macs start looking good except for the clamshell toilet seat ibook...that really takes the cake.

Not really, I like the pizza box ones and the Mini Towers were also cool. The colour classic still looks good.

[quandarry]

Originally posted by Millennium:
Oh, come on, people. The ugliest Mac ever made is the Flower-Power iMac. No contest.

not at all...the first imacs were classic design.
what you don't like is the color choice.