From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Rich  wrote:   
   > Theo  wrote:   
   >> Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>> But then, I suppose most people had machines of the beige, bland,   
   >>> Microsoft-compatible persuasion, so very likely products like this   
   >>> do evoke feelings of nostalgia in such individuals.   
   >>>   
   >>> Are you able to explain such feelings to someone like me?  I'll try   
   >>> my best not to fall asleep ...   
   >>   
   >> I suppose they might look dull if you haven't been paying attention   
   >> to case design over the last 10+ years, but the point is they're   
   >> different to what currently exists in the market.  And for a lot of   
   >> people who build PCs they're novel because they weren't born when   
   >> this design was last in vogue.   
   >   
   > Yup, yet another example of the point of the XKCD "Ten Thousand" comic:   
   > https://xkcd.com/1053/   
   >   
   > Those of us old enough to have had a great many "beige boxes" for   
   > computers along the way   
      
   I'm posting this with a 1990s beige box right now.   
      
   > can easily forget that there's a whole   
   > generation that has never seen anything but the clear sided, rainbow   
   > color flashing/rotating LED light cases.   
      
   Actually the featureless black monoliths in the photos linking to   
   other PC case articles around that page are new to me. I've seen   
   window-sided cases with the LED fans inside (not on my own PCs,   
   mind you), but those modern cases ironicially seem to be designed   
   in the ultimate pursuit of _band_. No features whatsoever. How can   
   you get more bland than that? I'd rather my beige box to one of   
   those, although I don't care particularly about PC case aesthetics   
   anyway.   
      
   But LDO apparantly conflates old-fashioned with bland. If he   
   nevertheless wants to understand retro-themed items, that's a   
   problem I can't help him with.   
      
   FWIW one practical thing I *hate* about most modern electronic   
   enclosures, including some newer PC cases I've encountered, is   
   the shiny polished plastic finish on them. This is planned   
   obsolescence in plastic so far as I'm concerned. Unlike the   
   textured finish on my beige gear, this shiny finish picks up every   
   smudge or scratch possible. Cleaning without the most extreme care   
   only causes more scratches. After a few years the finish   
   inevitably looks worn and dirty, whereas a textured surface would   
   still look fine (granted they still yellow, but I actually don't   
   mind that so much). I try to ignore that, and if I bought a more   
   expensive "retro" PC case just to avoid it I'd also feel conned,   
   but it does really grate on me.   
      
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