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# Gorgeous vs. Fine
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/gorgeous-vs-fine/
- Published: 2012-03-16T14:36:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-30T03:08:02.000Z
- Description: What words do people use to describe your products?
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Technology, Trends, Apple, Macs, Microsoft

[Stephen Chapman](https://www.zdnet.com/search?q=stephen+chapman&ref=philsimon.com) of ZDNet [writes that the new iPad is absolutely gorgeous](https://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/first-impressions-of-my-new-ipad-its-absolutely-gorgeous/71791?tag=content%3Bfeature-roto&ref=philsimon.com)\--and he's hardly the only one who feels that way. Nearly two years after "going Mac", I am completely drinking the Kool-Aid. There's an attention to detail, an elegance in its products that I'm hard-pressed to find in those of other tech companies.

I've never heard words like these routinely used to describe PCs, BlackBerrys, MP3 players not named *iPod*, and other tablets. (Of course, that may change.) Instead, I hear much less laudatory terms like *affordable*, *functional*, and *fine*.

Now, there's nothing wrong with being affordable, functional, and fine. For many people and companies, pretty good is good enough.

Is pretty good or fine good enough for you?