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I learned the power of u??x on an SGI workstation about ten years ago. Being stuck on a 386sx system running dos at home I longed for an Irix machine of my own.

I saw this article last week and enjoyed reading it, but at the end I was still left wondering "WHY?" I love old radios and stereo gear so I'm not unappreciative of the nostalgia aspect, but my linux desktop now is, in most ways, just as fulfilling as the old irix system I grew to love.

They're cool looking computers, but in the end that entire stack of SGIs shown in the fellow's home office probaby has about as much power as the Nvidia/AMD box sitting on my desktop. In the end I'd rather have something gorgeously deco that I could keep around for years and upgrade as needed.

I just looked at that "this one" of yours, and I think it's a pretty bitchin'-lookin' retro-stylin' PC case. True, I wouldn't have one of those in my own house, but if you've got a 1940's-1950's style house, with all kinds of old appliances (they don't make 'em like they used to), then this case would fit right in.

are ugly and frankly are the computer equivalent of that.

But I replied to you because I wanted to say how right you are about this one... Cuz guess what? rice_burners_suck!!

Conclusion? Case mods done with good taste are cool. Stupid looking case mods look really dumb.

I just looked at that "this one" of yours, and I think it's a pretty bitchin'-lookin' retro-stylin' PC case. True, I wouldn't have one of those in my own house, but if you've got a 1940's-1950's style house, with all kinds of old appliances (they don't make 'em like they used to), then this case would fit right in.

are ugly and frankly are the computer equivalent of that.

But I replied to you because I wanted to say how right you are about this one... Cuz guess what? rice_burners_suck!!

Conclusion? Case mods done with good taste are cool. Stupid looking case mods look really dumb.

During that upgrade period, the modding scene began to unfold.

Oh puh-leeze. Okay, so I'll admit, there are cool, tasteful, artistic PC case mods, like this one. But most case mods are just plain vulgar, with brightly colored leds all over the place, bits of things that don't go together visually but are supposed to look "fast", or "powerful" etc..., are ugly and frankly are the computer equivalent of that.

Real good case mods are not many.

the blue ice mod was cool, pyramac is truely a waste of deskspace, material, and time. i'd like to see more mods which have a higher level of thought and execution, such as this, the cast aluminum case.

This is a truly kick-ass case.

It's nowhere nearly as cool as this case (http://www.eugenesargent.com/case1.htm).
Thanks, Jethro ;)