The Ottoman PC

R3 writes "Looks like Intel is trying to come up with some sort of iMac-like PC - "for home" and this is the best they could some up with is the Ottoman PC. " Here are some more pictures . The sad thing is that I think its cool. I'd like a PIII in the arm of my sofa too please.

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Top 10 Tech Support Calls from the Future

[miracle69]

10) "Uh, I just had a rather large movement and I can't flush the Ottoman."

9) "Where do I put my feet when I'm using my footrest?"

8) "You mean I have to plug my footstool IN?"

7) "I put my Pop-Tarts in there 5 minutes ago and they're still not ready.

6) "What do you mean I can't kick my footstool?"

5) "I can only fit one beer into my 5X Drink Vender Drive"

4) "I'm sitting on the stool and typing with the keyboard, but I can't see what I'm typing."

3) "There's something loose in my stool."

2) "The sofa-bed crashed while grandma was sleeping, and now we can't get her out."

1) "Will tough actin' Tinactin clean all my viruses?"

waffle iron

[mcc]

everyone's saying it's a toilet, but really, the more i look at it, the more i disagree:
i think it looks like a waffle iron.

actually what it _really_ looks like is "George Foreman's Lean Mean Grilling Machine". If you've ever seen one of those, then the ottoman pc looks _exactly_ like that. only thicker.

either way i think we should praise intel for coming up with their own slightly scary "creative" design instead of stealing apple's slightly scary "creative" design. Although it looks like it takes after the imac in one way: a horrible keyboard. except that the keyboard's built in, so if you want an extended or DVORAK one then too bad.. i may be wrong though. i can't really see from that tiny picture. And doesn't it seem like a circular monitor would waste a lot of potential screen space? well, whatever.

Can I submit a paper magazine as a story?

[Maledictus]

I have a snooty magazine of home decor for the tasteless and independently wealthy that features *wooden* monitors. You know, the case is wooden. They come in birch, cherry, oak. Matching keyboards (the keys weren't wood) and mice (just the part under your palm was wood.)

They were actually pretty slick.

And you know, if you have a big old house straight from the early 1900s, a computer sittin' around looks...well...dumb. 'Course, I'd rather have mine disguised as a mahogany Victorian highboy, but that's just me.