OT: Well anything for a little traffic

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 11:36:40PM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> If I had my way (and I may at some point), I'd buy a system with -all
> black- hardware.  I -loved- the official NeXT hardware's appearance.  I'm
> not sure why black hardware costs more though, and why the fruity
> translucent stuff is so omnipresent.  Computers should look serious, if not
> downright ominous.  :)  I wonder if they'll ever release a webcam that
> looks like a HAL-9000 lens.  That could be cool mounted on black hardware.  
> :)

That was a Panasonic CCTV camera.

Oh, no, wait: that was the malevolent computer on the Six Million
Dollar Man episode.

> The only problem I have with black hardware on a PC is that if you manage
> to get it, and then you add something, it's harder to get matching hardware
> faceplates, casings on externals, etc.

Not these days.
-- j
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