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Antec Releases "Skeleton" PC Case

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the case-but-not-a-case dept.

ThinSkin writes "It is appropriate to say that Antec was 'thinking outside the box' when the idea of the 'Skeleton' PC Case sprung to mind. The Antec Skeleton is an open-air PC case with a pair of shelves for the motherboard and other components — held up by arching arms. There are no side panels. This is ideal for the computer user who is constantly fidgeting with his PC parts, or someone who wants to show off his fancy components. Just have a compressed air can nearby. There is also a slideshow of Antec Skeleton images available."

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  1. Don't use WIndows on your PCs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Althouth I really like Microsoft and the proprietary software, I think that we all have to accept the crushing truth.

    In these times it really doesn't matter if is launched Windows Vista Premium or Windows Vista Home, because while both variants (and other less populars like the fucking Windows Vista Starter Edition) require hardware that cost fortunes, Linux and others free OSs were maintained with modest hardware, letting us toet benefit even with really old PCs. Windows Vista is incompatible,costlier, and most importantly, slow.

    The reality is that Windows Vista has litter to offer to the average user.The same user surprised with how his recent installed Windows Vista is running slow on his PC where Windows XP worked very well. Also he'll support the frustration when he is notified by force that many of the software that he used to work is now incompatible with this version. Microsoft did it again: It (Tries to) sells us the same mediocre product over and over again.

    Then what is suggested to this poor user is that he needs to buy a least 1GB RAM or throw his PC away and get a new one. How many users returned to XP after that? How many decided to try Linux? A lot more than we think, I would risk to say.

    Explain him why he won't be able to watch videos becuase of the absurd DRM that is incorporated in this version. Also explain him that in his Starter Edition (bundled in his new PC that he bought at Wall Mart) he can't launch more than three applications, or that the max resolution is 800x600, among many others limitations completly artificials. A shit.

    While Microsoft was boasting with the new interface and the visual effects of this version, Linux was incorporating windows managers like Beryl (now Compiz Fusion) and Compiz, that without a doubt make Vista (and even MacOsX) look like crap.

    The proof of the Windows Vista failure is seen when computers makers like Dell or HP are reintroducing Windows XP or preinstalling Linux. Or the contless corporations that get PCs with Vista and the first thing they do is install a stable OS. It's a just matter of time before Linux or BSDs get offered like a usual alternative in any country.

    You keep defending Vista. You keep defending a OS that is offered like "new and improved" and the new features are the exaggerated system requirements that are needed in order to run decently. You keep trying to sell us a product that have practitly nothing new and can't give us development tools for itself (While any Linux distribution or BSD comes with plenty of software) , but worst of all, it's incompatible with many actual software/hardware. You keep trying to make us believe that the DRM is a normal thing, trying to implant a business model that is now obsolete.

    And you? Where will they let you go today?

    Thanks for you attention.