> If an engineer had shown this piece of work to Steve, do you think they'd still work at Apple?
Yes. And it would not have been an engineer, it would have been the industrial designer. The whole point of the design is beautiful seamless surfaces and curves. That's why the charging port is underneath. Which is exactly where the battery door was, BTW.
Steve Jobs is the guy who added a useless pointless screw (it literally connected to nothing) to one side of the iBook to match a (necessary) screw on the other side.
Steve Jobs is the guy who told people complaining about the iPhone 4 "don't hold it that way."
Steve Jobs is also dead, which is convenient for all the folks who like to invoke His Presence to support their personal opinions.
Incidentally, from an engineering perspective, Li battery devices are not supposed to be plugged in all the time. This design very neatly prevents that from happening.
