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- From: EFR@ballarat.edu.au (Frank Russell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Walker just plain Ugly! - RUBBISH!
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:36:30
- Organization: University of Ballarat
- Message-ID: <EFR.196.00099BA8@ballarat.edu.au>
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- In article <96087.002636GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> <GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU> writes:
- >From: <GREMS@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU>
- >Subject: Walker just plain Ugly!
- >Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 00:26:36 EST
-
- > 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.
-
- Much sought after collectors items now.... Very popular.
-
- > 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.
- >
- >
-
-
- What a load of rubbish! You're welcome to your opinion of the case of
- course, but all this other stuff is utterly irrelevant. Look in the real
- world, and you'll find that an innovative, changed appearance often sells a
- fundamentally unchanged item. For example, cars. One designer comes up with a
- really different look from time to time, and all the other manufacturers fall
- over themselves to copy it if it succeeds in the marketplace. It's high time
- manufacturers stopped all copying the ugly IBM PC box, following along like a
- group of lemmings looking for a cliff to jump over.
-
- GO FOR IT Amiga Tech! Let's see what the next generation of Apple/PC's looks
- like if your radical design captures the publics imagination! BTW, I have
- grown to like the look of the wee beastie, and will be quite happy to have
- one on my desk when it's released IF the price is reasonable.
-
- Cheers
-
- Frank Russell
- University of Ballarat
-