I actually had a chance to play around with a Xerox Star at the only Comdex I ever went to. When the Mac came out the next year, it sure looked familiar.
IMO Apple's strength since the original Mac has been industrial design. They've been able to make things that look cool and different.
I have to add, I just got my 160 GB iPod yesterday and loaded it overnight. It looks nice, but software and control wise, it's a step down from the 80GB older model that I have. I don't like the split screen, the way album art is displayed, or how poorly the click wheel works. The click wheel is especially bad compared to the previous version. I think it's more of a hardware problem than a software problem.
I don't know if they've changed any of this with the latest 120GB version
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