Comments on: This PC is an Illusion

An entry into Microsoft's Next-Gen PC design competition uses a visual magic trick so it appears the computer lacks any parts inside.

[Wingates]

Hmmmm.....didn't Apple do something like this....

a few years back? I believe it was called a Cube. Oh well. So much for creativity.

[morgimel]

Dear Wingates

You realize this is a design competition being run by Microsoft not Microsoft designs don't you?

This entry just took off the shelf stuff, combined it with a clever visual hook and viola he makes it on to C/Net. IMHO it looks too much like what it is, a homemade computer. And not enough like a "next gen PC" that the competition is about. But as far as PC mods go the contestant did a nice job. But it does showcase what I like about PCs and the industry that supports this sort of thing. Strong support for the "hobbyist" do it yourself types. And although the big PC brands continue to chase each other and Apple with their ever more hobbyist unfriendly hardware most have not completely succumbed to the sealed box botique brand chic.

As to the Apple cube.. it did not really appeal to me, I like more metal and less plastic.

[Pixelkida]

This is Lame!

Maybe it's the way it's photographed? But that looks like the lamest thing I've ever seen!