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October 15, 2007 11:12 AM PDT

Hard drives get into leather too

by Mike Yamamoto
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(Credit: Evergreen)

The computer fashion runway is getting crowded, but the models may not be what you'd expect: Some of the more recent stuff-strutting entrants are portable hard drives.

Manufacturers of mundane hardware are doing whatever they can to attract new consumers, whether it be Western Digital's flamboyant colors or LaCie's modern art. Now Japan's Evergreen is appealing to the tactile senses, Akihabara News reports, with a storage box covered in leather.

Regardless (or irregardless) of your feelings about tanned cowhide, you've got to give these guys credit for trying. Evergreen, after all, has even attempted to a fashion statement out of cables.

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Only one thing to say
by sauerball October 15, 2007 11:54 AM PDT
Your with me, leather
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Killing cows for a hard drive
by make_or_break October 21, 2007 11:44 PM PDT
Must be giving PETA fits sleeping at night.
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More. Bring it on
by sjdubrosky October 22, 2007 3:33 AM PDT
That is as good a reason to skin a cow as it is to make some pairs of inexpensive gloves that last a year till you lose one. At least this will last more than a year, but where are the colors? We need monogrammed colored leather and more stylish colored ET external aluminum drives. Heh, IOMEGA, do ya hear me?
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