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The SE case has the same iconic appearance as the original Macintosh, but it has a less exuberant, modernist Snow White design in the platinum colour first used by the Apple IIgs. Jerry Manock's signature chamfers are replaced with simpler 3 mm curves, and the detailing around the floppy drive has been removed, leaving only a rectangular slot. Both floppy slots are part of recessed areas on the front bezel that are wider but of the same depth and spaced regularly with the three Snow White lines that appear between them. The carefully constructed vents on the sides and at the top of the original Macintosh are also replaced and integrated instead into surface detail. There are short vertical lines at the base of the front and sides of the SE, and some extend through the plastic to provide venting. Additional venting is provided by a rectangular patch of deep Snow White lines on the back of the machine. The design of the SE has a colder and more rigorous appearance than the original Mac. Its front bezel has a slight outward curve to it which prevents it from appearing flat, but the loss of the curved disk drive styling and the broad chamfers gives it a somewhat formal and utilitarian expression. This case design was used again with little change for a more powerful version called the Macintosh SE/30 in January 1989 (see technical specifications for the Mac SE/30).
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