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- From: ksuhr@unlinfo.unl.edu (karl suhr)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Walker just plain Ugly! - RUBBISH!
- Date: 30 Mar 1996 19:45:31 GMT
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
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- Another thing to consider is that when a middle part is added, the
- design will look less extremem ore like a slightly unusual , black
- tower.
-
- Frank Russell (EFR@ballarat.edu.au) wrote:
- : 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
-