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Cool PC Cases

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the quest-continues dept.

PaulB writes "Intel's new Easy PC standard has some prototype systems ready for it, which you can read about on Wired. Very cool looking stuff, finally no more iMac envy. " You can see the photos of the machines on intel's website but they do all have those stupid looking jumpsuit dudes in the way. Update: 06/08 08:45 by H :SurplusBaggage wrote in with the Phillips 42" monitors. Price tag: $15k.

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  1. UGH! by ptomblin · · Score: 3

    Those are some of the ugliest things I've seen in a while. And I don't just mean the bunnypeople.

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    1. Re:UGH! by Jburkholder · · Score: 3

      No, I'm sorry... that has got to be one of the STUPIDEST product showcasings I have EVER seen!


      Makretriod: "Ok, new color cases?! I've got it! We'll have the bunny people break-dancing with out new products so people will think they are really 'hip'!"

      Would someone please just shoot me with a very large caliber handgun now please? (moderators, feel free to demote this post, I know it is garbage) :-)

  2. I'm amazed... by ethereal · · Score: 3

    Their roadmap to remove "Legacy Technology":

    • ISA devices and slots - by 2nd half of '99
    • Gameport/MIDI
    • PS/2
    • Serial
    • Parallel
    • IDE
    • Floppy
    • VGA
    • User-Accessible Slots

    I'll admit that some of these technologies are a little dated, but removing all user-accessible slots means that a whole lot of old but functional hardware is going to be useless. Doesn't Intel realize that the interchangeable nature of PC parts led to the commodity market for them in the first place? Intel wouldn't be half the size it is today if IBM had just made all PCs with no user-accessible slots.

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  3. Fun With Slashdot by DonkPunch · · Score: 4

    I couldn't help but throw out a few "slashdot-esque" comments about these cases:

    1) How long until we have kernel support for them?

    2) Wow! Someone should build a beowulf cluster of systems with these cases! (And wouldn't THAT be the most butt-ugly pile of flourescent hardware ever....)

    3) Who cares? I keep my overclocked Celeron motherboard in a shirt box I took from my dad's closet. I cool it with a desktop fan blowing through a modified coil from a Whirlpool refrigerator. It's hooked up to a T1 and serves over 50,000 web hits a day without breaking a sweat....

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