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New Generation of Cases?
mikeb55121 writes "In my never ending quest to build a bigger and better computer i have come across this new design of computer case that is prety intresting to me and possibly any one else out there who build their own computers. This case is very unique because it is shaped as a "T" and the manufacture says that it ends cable clutter and has very good airflow." The aesthetics aren't bad, and the concept is solid. It'll be interesting to see if this catches on. I kind of doubt it.
Tivo makes a nice case. You might have to rip out some extra parts, but it is a nice case.
I just had to cart a PC up 3 flights of stairs and down the hall to my dorm room. Moving my PowerMac was a lot easier because of the handles. PC makers still have a lot to learn from Apple IMO
If you can afford both a Mac and PC, surely you can afford a butler to do all that lifting and carrying for you?
Let me shut off my wind tunnel so that I can hear you.
I've opened many a case in my time and I figure some of these case designers missed their calling, which was to design traps that guard Pharaoh's tombs.
It's Christmas everyday with BitTorrent.
Besides, it goes so well with the one perfect shape for furniture.
...in case it gets /.ed.
but I want that case!
That thing is beautiful. For some reason it just caught my eye and that was it. If you have more money than sense, I appeal to you: Purchase me this case! I am not strictly opposed to giving sexual favors for it!
HEAR MY PLEA! I WANT THIS CASE!
Thank you
True that. but if you have a mac, can't ya just have your boyfriend carry it around for you.
that has the motherboard mounted on a fold down door.
While it looked cool and functional on my mac the PC case sucked because the IDE and floppy cables were too short to reach when the door was all the way open.
So every time I had to open the case i had to disconnect my hard drives and floppy.
Just another instance of the PC makers half-ass following Apple's lead and getting it all wrong.
Not to mention the fact that your motherboard is crushed under the weight of your big fat CPU heatsink.
>PC makers still have a lot to learn from Apple IMO
You mean Apple learned from PC makers, right? Apples loves to bring back really OLD ideas and pretend they're new and cool...
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Wow, you're right!
If it wasn't for the apple logo, I wouldn't be able to tell them apart: mac vs. compaq
And the mac doesn't even have a monitor or floppy! IT SUXXORZ!
So your CPU, your graphics chip and all the chips on your mainboard are in full contact with your case, with no air in between, i.e. using thermal grease? Uhh huh, yup ... must have been one hell of a soldering job, connecting microscopic wires to all those 500+-ball BGAs ...
It also has three fans plus the one on the power supply. Now you're going to tell me fans are a misconception too?
Take some reading lessons. I didn't say that. Or are you trying to divert attention by making ridiculous comparisons on purpose?
Say what? Air is an electrical insulator, and only to relatively low voltages. Vide, e.g., lightning.
What are you, some kind of troll? Nobody was talking about electrical conductivity. But since you brought this up, it shows your lack of general knowledge. Relatively low voltages, yeah, about 25 kV/cm. Air is coincidentally also one of the best electrical insulators.
It is most assuredly not a thermal insulator. Put your hand near a cold window in Winter and see how much insulation you get.
Ok, you're definitely a troll. A simple experiment: put your hand in 212 degree hot air. Then put your hand in 212 degree hot (i.e. boiling) water. After that, hold a 212 degree hot metal bar in your hand. Then tell me which material has better thermal conductivity.
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