[greggman2]

Users don't care about most of this. Custom colors? Tell that to Apple's customers who seems to have no problem using a non-customizable OS. Running on obscure hardware configurations? Users don't have those, programmers do. Company branding? That's not a user request. Touch gestures? Who made this up? Not users.

[makapuf]

Agree 100% it depends on the software but you cannot choose the color of your professional tools in general. Your Bulldozer and medical scanner don't come in purple, sorry.

[ken]

You can always customize it. Professionals paint their tools all the time, since you don't want someone taking your drill home from the job site. Every Genie lift rental has the rental company logo bigger and brighter than the Genie logo.

Yes, you can even get your medical scanner in any color you want. One of GE's standard designs is an MRI scanner painted to look like a spaceship, a coral reef, or a hippo:

https://www.gehealthcare.com/products/accessories-and-suppli...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gehealthcare/sets/721576294887...

[tonyedgecombe]

Yet Apple was built on paying attention to details that the rest of the industry ignored.

[TeMPOraL]

> Running on obscure hardware configurations? Users don't have those, programmers do.

Users have different kinds of obscure hardware configurations. Some programmers may choose to assemble their PC for performance instead of buying an off-the-shelf Macbook, but users will often buy random crap offered by laptop manufacturers, because it looked nice or was cheap - and the cheap stuff is often cheap because of weird/substandard hardware on board.