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sorry, but not everyone wants an "elegant" looking computer- some want one that looks beastly.  Some want a variety of colors and want to show off what's inside.  Some want 6 or 7 drive bays to add an Audigy2, removable hard drives, a Zip250, and a media card reader in addition to their optical drives.  Some don't like curves and would rather have a simple and clean Lian Li aluminum look.  I believe it was Maximum PC that said in another case review: "we wished it had the functionality of the PowerMac case, but then this case is for people who probably aren't going to be interested in upgrading their computer, like a Mac user."

Which I've always wondered- why would Apple make an awesome and easy to access case if you can only do a minor upgrade to the PowerMac anyways?

Toshiba, VPR Matrix, Sony and a handful of others make very sleek laptops too- some an inch think, firewire, wireless network, Bluetooth, GeForce4GO, a widescreen, etc. yet they are cinsiderably faster than a Powerbook.  I wonder why no one laughed at Steve when he said Apple was 2 years ahead of the compeition.

its still a PC...

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yeah, so it's twice as fast as a Mac and cheaper too- but doesn't run OS X.

is that what you're trying to say?

Yep! and No, its not cheaper, look at how much current Alienware systems cost, and compare this with the Powermacs at Applestore...

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im so friggin tired of headbox posting...
cant they ban him for gods sake?
tito

here's the pics of this thing:

http://www.tweak.pl/engine/predator/predator1.jpg

http://www.tweak.pl/engine/predator/predator2.jpg

http://www.tweak.pl/engine/predator/predator3.jpg

And people accuse Apple of form over function?

I don't see anything wrong with it. Maybe the color, but that's about it. I think it has a sort of cool art-deco look (again, if you look beyond the green color).

I find it interesting that Apple can put clear plastic handles on an otherwise mediocre minitower design and have its praises sung from the rooftops, but if any other computer maker does anything with its design, its derided as horrible. I should point out that I say that as the owner of a Yosemite. I also have an old Pentium II sitting next to it, a computer that's in a beige box, but has more PCI slots, more expandability, etc. than the Yosemite, but is no taller.

Just my 2 cents.

It's pretty cool looking, but the black bars over the back would have to go. Like reaching around the back of your PC isn't a pain in the first place, they put that obnoxious stuff in the way.

I think it's supposed to be a cable-routing system. I actually think it's a good idea. You could get one of those plastic wire-routing tubes, and stuff everything in there. It also would keep you from putting the thing too close to the wall so it cools better.

i think some people are missing what i was saying. i think the thing looks good, but doesn't deserve the load-spewing the magazine gave it. i just find it ironic that if apple does something, it's dumb, they will surely go out of business for it, and it's just total crap.... but if someone else does it, it's just freakin' amazing. things such as the Alienware machine, and the Shuttle "cubes". ESPECIALLY THE CUBES!!!! apples does it first and way better and these jerks say "it looks nice, but doesn't have a place in the modern computing world" but now... lets do a 4 page spread on building one of the boxes.

I'll sum it up with a quote from a true american, John Wayne.

"They're long on mouth and short on ears."

OK, so I may be stupid, BUT - it looked like the front bay cover/door thing was covering audio jacks. Thats just stupid. If you are gonna have some badass soundsystem, you are going to want it plugged in, all the time. And so the door is pretty pointless. Looks cool though.

Ok, that works then. I got pissed at the Umax drive doors too. I guess they just aren't my style.

::goes back to worshiping his cube::

I think it sort off cool in it's own way...