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Oddball PC Cases From Japan
ascii writes "Japanese company Boxmaster Lupo is offering the PCBox: a foldable PC case made entirely out of cardboard?! I have no idea about the target group although I reckon it may appeal to some casemodders *grin*. Overclockers should watch out though! You wouldn't really want to turn your shiny new case into a pile of ashes just for those extra few fps in Q3 would you?" And Arab writes "They arent really case mods, as such. But a friend sent me this link to a guy's webpage who has made humanoid cases. there is a girl one, one that looks like a Gundam, and one looks like some kinda bizzare fish dragon thing. The site is in Japanese, so I have no idea what it is saying, although it looks like there are step-by-step intructions."
So, when they ship you your cardboard PC box, do they... ship it in a cardboard box? Or just put a stamp on your PC box?
...I'll procrastinate tomorrow...
...is the Godzilla case?
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It matches my house! Yay :)
Imagine the new interface possibilties. Who needs a mouse!
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The 'girl' case is very user-friendly -- the ports are right where you'd expect!
bp
sounds like the target audience is the small but strong group of homeless MMORPG addicts
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I just heard Star Jones say this on "The View".
"If you're box feels like cardboard, you should see your gynecologist immediately."
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This is a good glimpse into the future of the PC world, for the market leader in trendy commodity electronics is the Japanese.
As Moore's law begins to slow, and the difference between a 2 gHz Duron and a 4 gHz Duron become imperceptible to most normal people ( a few socially challenged gamers and overclockers aside), people will no longer flock to domestic manufacturers known for high performance boxes like IBM, Dell and Gateway, but will instead look for a box that will last them 3 years, and go with thier domestic decorating scheme.
It's not too late for American PC manufactuers to stop focusing on CPU's and hard drives and start making PC's that can occupy a place of honor in the house, next to the flatscreen TV. Not everyone wants their house to look like an ISP.
and I find it awkward enough lugging a normal case to a LAN party...
Makes modding cases easier. Get another box. Bit of cellotape. Go faster spoiler. 50% speed increase :)
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Hmm.. It's where the box should be
the first thing i would add to one of these is a fufme upgrade
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The race for the coolest case is getting pretty tight. But my next case will beat all of them. Get this: A case made of living human flesh, with neon lights to add zip.
Now... do any of you have a spare child you can lend me? A 2 year old should be just the right size.
Can I put in in with my bottles, cans and newspaper or do I have to "dispose of properly" with a recycler? Also will we get a new prize in cereal and cracker jacks???
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OMG! the translation is hilarious:
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Manga writers have experimented with this exact concept.
'Chobits' by the CLAMP girls is about android computers in the shape of cute girls. The story is actually pretty relevant. It's primary theme is the positive and negative things that happen when people start interacting more and more with virtual worlds and peope and less with the real world and real people.
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Do you want your computer case to be paper or plastic?
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I thought the reason cases were made of metal was to shield RFI generated inside your computer from disturbing peoples radio or TV reception. (The FCC has limits on how much RFI a device can emit). A cardboard case would obviously not provide any shielding.
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I can actually see this as being useful for design and layout, esp in cases where someone wanted to design their own case in fiberglass, wood, or other non stock material. A cardboard cutout of exactly what you want with accurate specificiations would be most valuable.
Not to speak of using a decent primer and a flex adheasive paint and actually having something ultra light weight as a display model.
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I still think this wooden case is much cooler
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Don't have the orignal site url.. but I did save the pics.
http://alteviltech.com/Gallery2/CaseMod
Be careful of the cooling fan though ;)
Well its about time the Computer revolution was brought to the homeless. They have been left out of the tech market vision for far too long!!!
Older VME bus systems, like the Sun 4/260, were made of sturdy enough materials, enough to faciliate sexual intercourse of even the most vigerious nature.
I don't see that possible in a cardboard case. The crushing action and an AGP card in the butt i'd imagine, for most, would be a serious turn off.
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This reminded me immediately of a fav Dilbert cartoon. Not exact, but I hope close
PHB- "I think I need to upgrade my computer."
Dilbert-"You're computer is a cardboard prop that came with your desk"
PHB-"So I need a motherboard?"
Dilbert-"No, you need a new desk."
Except, in this case (Damn puns!) the PHB would be right!
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I'm horrified by the cardboard case idea. It's bad enough that cases are getting so flimsy that I'm afraid to keep them under my desk, but carboard? Jeeze. Hell, I make ATX cases out of old IBM towers, and those things will take a sledgehammer blow. Carboard? Gah. The only thing I really wouldn't worry about would be the ignition thing. If I remember properly, the auto-ignition temp of paper is something like 451 degrees farenheit. If your machine is running that hot, you have alot more to worry about that then your case catching on fire.
Ahh well. Cheaper, cheaper, cheaper. No wonder the world is infested with flimsy crap.
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and they'll come with a free order of cheesy bread.
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>hey, we can even turn her off
;-)
You may well have that God-given geek ability to turn women off, though I'm unsure what speakers in her head have to do with that.
And the owner thought he was having problems picking up girls before...
dork: "hut hut, wanna see my computer?"
chick: "um... sure, I guess"
dork: "Voila! It's got 11.125ghz, transphasic power supply..."
chick: "WHAT THE HELL IS COMING OUT OF THE LEGS OF THAT MANIKIN?!?"
dork: "oh, well those are the cables for my keyboard, mouse and.... hey where you going?!? You didn't get to see my Dragon..."
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Dig around on their site a bit and you see some other case products, like one with Delorean-type openings and some way-cool spherical cases.
Too bad, though. It seems they don't deliver outside of Japan.
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Is, of course, cardboard: http://amawin.com/commercial/quart_de_poil/L5_engl ish/Quart_de_poil_carton_uk.htm
And weren't there cardboard geodesic domes at Burning Man last year?
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My laptop generates a fair amount of electromagnetic noise being near a radio or such. A full tilt desktop would be even worse.
Cases also keep this noise out. Other devices generate quite a bit of electromagnetic noise and depending on the quality of the internal components (remember "cardboard case"), their stability may be reduced by being exposed to this.