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| Thread ID: 22601 | 2002-07-25 09:28:00 | Is there a market for see through cases? | Chris Wilson (431) | Press F1 |
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| 65272 | 2002-07-25 21:40:00 | So there's a supply for them is there? Well there goes my chance to turn the angle grinder, and that roll of glad wrap into pots of gold! Seriously, i do want one, and now it seems that i dont have to get one custom made.... NICE!! |
Chris Wilson (431) | ||
| 65273 | 2002-07-25 22:05:00 | I suppose there isn't a market for fur covered ones with faces? Press the bear's nose to turn it on? In all seriousness, of the multitude of cases I have met over the years the best one is less than a year old. Tower case, 6 bays, access from the side (2 screws), a bit of blue/green perspex curving at the front. Power and reset buttons the perspex colour and shaped. Side and back vents. Attractive and above all PRACTICAL! It could do with the odd port on the front - headphones, USB, serial perhaps - but it's large enough and spacious enough to work in and see what you are doing. Drool over the pretty ones all you like but check out the practicalities. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 65274 | 2002-07-25 22:32:00 | You're right Heather, function must come before form and I've never denied that . I also agree with JM that the aesthetics shouldn't be more important than the quality of the components . No way would I compromise function or component quality just to have something that looks good . However, I really can't see why we can't have both, literally a pretty functional PC . The signs are that they are going that way as the cases I've seen lately are a big improvement on the boring square beige box . I've just read this at Tom's Hardware on Case modding ( . tomshardware . com/howto/02q3/020724/index . html" target="_blank">www6 . tomshardware . com): According to Michael Chang of Directron, "Case modification's growth and popularity has exploded over the last fourteen months, and the number, as well as the types of customizations, continues to increase at a torrid pace . " What is the brand/model of the case you just described? |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 65275 | 2002-07-25 22:45:00 | The only label on it is "ball bearing" on the PSU. Not very helpful. The email ordering it merely refers to "ATX middle tower case". My computer supplier's web site now shows different cases - they did have a link to this type way-back-when because I looked at it for a previous post. Their new offering is www.vivid-computers.co.nz Similar but includes USB on front |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 65276 | 2002-07-25 22:48:00 | for something a little different (www.overclockers.co.nz) | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 65277 | 2002-07-25 22:53:00 | Ouch. The price.... Shall we prioritize: 1. Practicality 2. Price 3. Asthetics |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 65278 | 2002-07-25 22:57:00 | Try going here - they're not cheap, but they're very, very cool. PC Anything (http://www.pcanything.co.nz) |
Sharkey (455) | ||
| 65279 | 2002-07-25 23:15:00 | 1. Practicality 2. Price they go hand in hand. unfortunatly 90% of people chose price first. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 65280 | 2002-07-25 23:20:00 | or asthetics.... | Heather P (163) | ||
| 65281 | 2002-07-25 23:37:00 | sure, depends how serious you are about buying a case . If you wanted cheap, you'd stick to the 'beige-blah' case that comes with any PC you buy . If you want style and added features like extra cooling fans, fluro lights, etc, then you pay for that . You gets what you pays for and in computing in not necessarily always the best idea to go cheap . It looks like these more expensive cases are a lot more hard-wearing and really only aimed at kick-arse computer jockeys . 'Mom and Dad' computer types will be horrified at the price of such 'extravagance'! hehe The Sharkmeister |
Sharkey (455) | ||
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