Coolest looking machines was RE: [geeks] Daily Dose of Unix

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:03:53PM -0700, Chris Byrne wrote:
> > Okay so far we've got the powerbook as the coolest laptop, the SGI o2 as
> > probably the coolest desktop with the g4 towers being a close second,
>
> I don't know.  I'd put the G4 Cube, or better still NeXT cube ahead for
> desktop.  Or the SGI Fuel, or the BeBox.  I'm not really all that moved
> by the O2s appearance.

I don't really like the O2 either.  I *really* like the NeXT cube.

> > the coolest looking big boxes being Onyxs or z series, and the coolest
> > looking supercomputers being thinking machines or various crays.
>
> 1st Gen Onyxs aren't that great looking from the outside in my opinion.
> I think the desksides look nicer.  Onyx2s though, those are a whole
> 'nother matter.

I actually really like the Onyx 300 deskside.

Peace...  Sridhar