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Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central

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On 9 Apr 2013 18:53:15 +0100
"Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 03:17:10 -0700 (PDT) da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair
> were rappin' to MC Geoff:
> 
> > Wait for it...
> > 
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/feature_ten_sexy_computers_roundup/
> 
> Look at number 4... or should I say, number PHWOARR?

Computers you can walk inside are always cool.[1]

> Don't fancy number 3 much, the A600 would have been a better choice
> (or the CDTV, now that *is* a sexy looking bit of kit)

For a moment there, I thought you meant the CD32. That was definitely
*not* one of the sexiest computers ever. At all. Brrr. But yes, the CDTV
was very nice. 20 years ahead of its time, when you look at some of the
HTPC cases you can buy these days.

I actually think the C128 was a good choice. It was by far the best
iteration of that Commodore design language.[1] The A500, while vaguely
similar, was much less sharp. Maybe pictures don't do it justice (a
mate of mine had one "back in the day", as the young people have it).

What about the Speccy 128 though, or the QL? All of Rick Dickinson's
designs for Sinclair were awesome.

(And since we're including games consoles, I'd put the original white
Xbox 360 at least alongside the PS3. Especially, oddly enough, in its
cheap “Arcade” guise without all the chrome bling. Familiarity -
and a redesign - might have bred contempt, but look at it: it's like
something out of 2001, or JJ Abrams' Star Trek reboot. If they'd put an
Apple logo on it, the hipsters would have gone bananas.)

[1] Do you see what I did there?

[2] Ooh, get Steven Bailey here!

-- 
Duncan Snowden.

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Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central Geoff <gwearmouth@gmail.com> - 2013-04-09 03:17 -0700
  Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2013-04-09 18:53 +0100
    Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central Duncan Snowden <duncan_s@talktalk.net> - 2013-04-09 20:11 +0100
      Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Chris Young" <chris.usenet@mail-filter.com> - 2013-04-09 21:05 +0100
        Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central deKay <andyk@lofi-gaming.org.uk.invalid> - 2013-04-10 08:49 +0100
    Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-04-10 08:55 +0100
  Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central colboy <colboy@gmail.com> - 2013-04-10 06:31 -0700
    Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-04-14 08:02 +0100
      Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central Volker Bartheld <dr_versaeg@freenet.de> - 2013-04-14 09:22 +0200
        Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central "Brian Gaff" <Briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2013-04-14 15:37 +0100
          Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central andy.z.key@googlemail.com - 2013-05-30 14:13 -0700

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