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Re: Ten Sexiest Computers of all time - Vulture Central

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On Tue, 9 Apr 2013 20:11:51 +0100 da kidz on comp.sys.sinclair were rappin'
to MC Duncan Snowden:

> 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).

It's not bad (certainly much superior to the C64 breadbin design), but
the A600 is - can I say cute? (you just did - Ed).

For the larger all-in-one keyboard design, the ST is better - mostly
due to the curvature of the function keys that blend in to the back of
the case.  The (Acorn) A3010/A3020 had some nice curves too. 

> (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.)

It looks a bit too much like a PC - and the cheap looking plasticy
Dell cases from a similar era PC at that.

The Wii is a much sexier white console.

Chris


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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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