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ASUS Barebones: Multimedia Even Sans Hard Drive
technomegalomaniac writes "This new stylish
barebones combo from ASUS (case+motherboard) is going to outdo Apple in 'the way it looks matters' department. Customizable to your heart content, no OS included (obviously, since you need to buy your own hard drive). Comes with 'Instant On' software that lets you play CDs, DVDs and MP3s without entering the primary OS thus bypassing the long boot process. Definitely a living room toy." Doesn't beat Apple hardware in my eyes, but still looks like a nifty box.
It was bound to happen sooner or later: an LCARS system had sex with a clock radio!
So it makes coffee, too? Take that, Apple!
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Am I the only one that thinks it looks like a microwave? Though, with a name like that, it should be an expresso maker.
On the other hand, is it digitally signed? If not, how can I trust it?
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I bought a desktop case with a handle only to realise at a later date that "duh, when do I carry this damn thing?".
to date (6 months later) I've carried it once from the shop to my house, then once from my old house to my new house, a grand total of, ooooh, 200m.
And you just can't put stuff on top. I've got nowhere to keep my remote control t-rex now!
So yeah, I agree. The handle is quite an annoyance.
Screw you all! I'm off to the pub
The colour of the lights remind me of 80's electronics.. or Kitt.
Clock-radio. Its not even in the Apple ballpark (and I'm a PC user!).
Whats the deal with PC manufacturers anyway? Its like the technology equivalent of the comb-over. Is it really that hard to design smart, elegant hardware? Beige boxes are great for business, but hasn't Apple already proven theres a market for aesthetics?
Did I already mention that its ugly as hell?
Quack, quack.
Fugly and worse still with that funky handle on top and its shape it's not stackable.
Sure it's stackable, as long as it is on the top of the stack.
This thing needs either a P-M or an AMD64 DTR. It does not need socket 478. Why equip it with the most unsuitable processor for its intended application - a mistake, of course, that Apple would never make.
Panurge has posted for the last time. Thanks for the positive moderations.
S1-P111. It needs a few more 1's before I'd consider it buyable. ... Who the fuck comes up with model numbers? Did these retards pay somebody to come up with S1-P111?
Seriously
who looks at that and thinks "damn that's fugly"
No no no. When the Imacs were first introduced... when in LA they had the big poster with John Lennon and Yoko Ono waking up in bed with a rainbow of imacs logo titled "think different." I could just imagine John Lennon's balloon saying, "piece of crypto fascist Bourgeois crap" and Yoko Ono saying, "I kind of like it". That is fugly.
This new Asus barebones on the other hand is only as ugly as that plastic tool box by Black and Decker. I understand where they are coming from trying to sorta merge the beige box with classic black hifi equipment. Unfortunatly in this case it's about as pretty as a black powder coated toaster. But by no means is it fugly.
There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
Foul quote:
HELMET: I don't see Planet Druidia. Where is it?
SANDURZ: We don't have visual contact yet, sir, but we have it on the radar screen. Shall I punch it up for you?
HELMET: Na, nevermind. I'll do it myself.
SANDURZ: Very good, sir.
HELMET: What's the matter with this thing? What's all that churning and bubbling? You call that a radar screen.
SANDURZ: No, sir. We call it, "Mr. Coffee." Care for some?
HELMET: Yes! I always have coffee when I watch radar. You know that.
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The box looks like a portable geiger-counter or 'nifty-virus identifying device from the future."
Not fugly, but not in the same class as Apple.
--Mike
Looks like a 24-pack Bud that was shrink wrapped in a garbage bag.
I wouldn't dare leave it in the living room for fear someone would take it out with the trash.
I bet it has evil DRM.
(Score: 5, Fearmongering)
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