Shame Apple didn't have the balls to release the Neo in those bright colors in homage, and instead went with the safe, bland, corporate committee, focus group approved, muted colors like the rest of their product lineup. Booo! Missed opportunity.

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baal80spam 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I am quite sure that they will expand the colour palette in the next gen. One more way to distinguish that you have "a new version of the thing".

	▲	joe_mamba 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The limited color palette isn't the issue, it's that the colors have no vividness as the iBook.

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nielsbot 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This could simply be because you can’t get colors as bright as plastic from anodizing aluminum.

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joe_mamba 5 hours ago | parent [-]

That couldn't be more false, you absolutely can gen bright colors anodized to aluminum. See: bike frames and carabiners.

	▲	nielsbot 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Well seems I can’t delete or edit my comment anymore

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ranger_danger 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's almost like companies know what sells best and go with that for maximum profit :)

Why is it a shame that they didn't choose to lose money on purpose?

	▲	dmonitor 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I do wonder what the reasoning is behind using safe colors for the Macbooks while giving the iPhone Pro bright orange as one of its three options.
	▲	s0ss 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Yeah, the ones that aren't being made sell terribly!
	▲	anamexis 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Why is it a shame that companies safely maximize profit at the expense of expressive and novel design?