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PC in a.... Sphere?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the catch-it-before-it-rolls-away dept.

clemens writes "A Japanese manufacturer has come up with this spherical PC." I love the concept of your PC accidentally rolling off your desk. Doesn't that lime green one remind anyone else of Gundam?

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  1. How very 1960's by g4dget · · Score: 4, Interesting

    See here for lots of other plasticky 1960's round designs. Here is the sphere radio with 8-track.

  2. Cooler by Samus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It might be cooler if it was translucent and when you touched it electricity would arc inside to your finger tips. Just like those novelty balls you see in the high tech gift stores at the mall. Yes I know uncontrolled electricity and pcs don't mix well but if you shielded the inner machine well enough it might work.

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  3. No matching monitor by masonbrown · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Did you see how tacky it looks sitting next to the beige CRT monitor? Can't they make a half-sphere green thing to go with it?

  4. Re:Cute by tie_guy_matt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What is the functionality of having a computer in the shape, and in as many colors, as the imac? How many imac's did apple sell?

  5. Re:Cute by Alien54 · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Basketball.

    A new way of networking, an enhancement on sneaker-net. You pass the whole computer.

    [insert segway to semi serious thought]

    Which is an interesting concept in itself - you do not send just the data packets, but the computational packages as well. This would not be useful so much on earth, but would be more important in interplanetary civilization.

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  6. No power supply? by chabotc · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Did anyone else notice that on these pictures there is no power supply to be found within the structure? Also if you look at the back of the sphere (where the mini-atx backboard is accesable) there's no place to stick any kind of power cord.. (you can see the sound, serial, parrellel, s-video, keyboard&mouse .. but no power).

    Also the nice pictures of it on a desk, it's not turned on.. nor are any of the cables connected.

    Seems to me it's a nice 'would be, could be' computer, but nothing that actualy functions ;-)

    Is a fun concept though.. imagine the new generation of computer mods that could spawn from this