Sexy Intel Computer Design Worth Big Bucks

An anonymous reader writes From a BBC article, "Intel is offering $1m in prizes to designers and manufacturers who can come up with sexier alternatives to the "big beige box". The competition is open to PC designers and manufacturers worldwide and each company may submit up to five different designs. The grand prize winner will receive $300,000 (£159,000) to enable the mass production of the system and $400,000 (£212,000) to co-market the design with Intel. The runner-up will receive up to $300,000 to help with manufacturing costs."

Comments

I like beige boxes

[NotQuiteReal]

Especially if they have flat tops.

I hate looking at some gaudy colored box in some has-been trendy shade.

The only think worse, is when they have an odd shape so that a CD case slides off the top. If it is going to be ugly you might as well be able to stack stuff on it.

Re:I like beige boxes

[Fred_A]

Small, light, space effecient designs always end up being boxes.

Actually with those constraints a sphere should do fine :)

Why do they need a contest?

[mrchaotica]

If they want to give Apple an extra million bucks, why don't they just do it?

Re:ahem

[The MAZZTer]

http://wii.nintendo.com/

I like this one myself. Yes, technically it's a computer. :) Although not Intel...

Re:cool looking computers

[Feyr]

people with more space and money than brains. males under 17 years old, and tarty females of all ages

Re:No.

[Tackhead]

> I seem to remember one from Microsoft when Win98SE came out. Same time of the Hot Wheels and Barbie PC.

The Barbie PC: Proof that a curvy pink box can be less sexy than a plain beige box.

Re:ahem

[morgan_greywolf]

Have you SEEN the Mac Pro? I know a lot of people like it, but I really don't. I think it's rather utliarian, grey and ugly.

Go ahead, Apple fanbois, mod me down!

Re:Completely transparent or lego

[ozbird]

I think folks underestimate how striking completely transparent PC cases can look ...

The FCC called; they want their radio frequency spectrum back.

Re:ahem

[monopole]

No, No, No!!!
The PS3 is a computer! and There is only One (as verified by the current production news) and It's too cheap!
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/08/ 2115235

Re:Completely transparent or lego

[tomz16]

Great... a display case for my dust collection!

-Tom

Re:Limiting Factor

[binarybum]

Leave the innovation to niche manufacturers like Apple.

  From Intel: We tried this, but then they went rouge and released a gigantic cheese grater. It was funny for a little while, but now we feel that something needs to be done.

Barbie PC: no math co-processor

[SimHacker]

Math is hard, so the Barbie PC uses the Pentium to guess at the answer in software.

-Don

Re:Barbie PC: no math co-processor

[AoT]

And the Pentium says "Floating point operations are haaaaaaard!"

Obligatory

[iroll]

Anybody remember the last time intel came up with a sexy new desktop design

What are we really talking about here

[Original Replica]

That is the real trick isn't it? Getting the smaller curvier ones to take all of your bits without drama...

Re:Completely transparent or lego

[frank_adrian314159]

Y'all don't think that a rack-mount sequencer style PC (or console) case, together with rack-mount Hi-Fi (and other accessory) units would look the dog's nads?

I think that's the problem...

Resistance is futile....

[CFD339]

...you will be approximated.