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

Completely transparent or lego

[Kamineko]

I think folks underestimate how striking completely transparent PC cases can look, or cases made from Lego bricks.

But then again, last time I brought this up, I was modded 'flamebait', :(

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?

Re:No.

[moosesocks]

That's really not the point.

I don't think Intel's looking for flashy. That would be like Volkswagen hiring a team ofricers to design their cars. Alienware's PCs are certainly flashy, and they certainly look like crap.

I think Intel wants something sophisticated and subdued. Apple's got this down perfectly with their aluminum enclosures, and it's pretty hard to deny the the G5, Mac Pro, and Mac Mini are damned sexy machines.

I simply don't get why dell can't just produce machines with clean lines and subdued colors. Minimalism is the easiest school of art to imitate.