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Creative Labs PC

Posted by Roblimo on from the first-sound-cards,-then-the-whole-box dept.

leiz writes "The Tech Zone has a preview of the Creative Labs PC. Due out in September, this PC (made with many Creative components) features front side USB, audio I/O, joystick, MIDI, SPDIF, optical, and Firewire ports. Other unique features include a FM tuner, and a volume knob built into the case. Could this be the future of multimedia/gaming/pc integration?"

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  1. Review: Not Geeky. by Signal+11 · · Score: 3
    Sorry, but it fails the litmus test of what I consider to be a "good" machine. What's my definition of a good, geeky machine?

    An FM tuner knob? It's just too hokey - like Compaq's "internet buttons" on their machines.

    Cool logo. Yes, this is is important to me. Creative - get a more creative logo.

    Free bumper sticker. I want to take pride in owning a quad-xeon 500 box with more megabytes of ram than most people gross in dollars each year. >:) Since not only does this box NOT give me a free bumper sticker.. it doesn't even have a decent processor in it to brag about!

    Has to run linux. Well - duh!

    Okay, enough with the slams on their product - what I want to know is: Why are computer manufacturers bent on trying to make computers something they're not? An fm radio?! What were you guys smoking when you decided to add *that*? If you wanted to be "multimedia", add a DVD player in there, with a hardware mp3 decoder so we could download and listen to our favorite tunes. Throw in a Rio if you want to really impress people! Yeeesh...

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