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From: planting@sun16.cs.pittsburgh.edu (Dr. Harry Plantinga)
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Subject: Re: Why No Big Screen SE?
Summary: Why not an SE with a 12" portrait screen?
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Date: 27 Jan 89 19:04:44 GMT
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>>  Why doesn't Apple offer some kind of all-in-one SE with a bigger screen?
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>Speculation:
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>Apple seems to be clinging to Steve Jobs idea of the "MacToaster": a computer 
>that is easy to use, unobtrusive, portable, etc.  

I've long thought that the SE should have had a 12" portrait-
orientation monitor.  Instead of a 5" x 7" usable area, it would have a
9" x 7" usable area, able to display a full page of text (without page
boarders).  The only difference necessary in the size of the box is
that it would have to be 4" taller.  But that seems reasonable:  many
people have their mac plusses and SEs on pedestals of some sort
anyway.  They could even make it a hair wider to make the proportions
more attractive if necessary.

How 'bout it apple?  For many people, the screen size of the SE is a
major complaint.

Harry Plantinga
planting@vax.cs.pittsburgh.edu