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- From: <GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Walker just plain Ugly!
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:26:36 EST
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- I know! Tastes differ, but not that much. I'm old enough to remember
- the old gothic cabnet console radios from the 1930s/40s, and the Walker
- is clearly evocative of those. Who designed this thing? I hope AT didn't
- pay to much.
- Consumers need a certain cumfort level when they see an appliance like
- a computer. They think paint job, not make over. The Walker needs to be
- a computer for the liveing room if it is to be an internet companion
- machine (what other nich is it for?). Would you really want your neighbors
- to see the Walker in your living room?
- Damb! It isn't that hard. You take a cosole or box and do a designer
- paint job! Think Swatch. It may have the color of a zucchini, but it
- looks like a watch, and it sells like hotcakes. There is a fundamental
- human contradiction involved. We all want to be different, but we all
- want to be the same.
- The Walker secifications look good! Very good! You can sell a base
- unit at a modest price, and configure the machine as needed for whatever
- price you can afford. Very good! Sounds like a winner, BUT NOT WITH THAT
- CASE.
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