There are a lot of PC modders out there with great ideas, but most of these look like the bog standard PC's that you can pick up at any half-decent computer parts outlet.
OK, the Black Crystal looks good, but from from your photo, it looks like an IBM - euhh, Lenovo Thinkpad glued to a perspex sheet - not really 700 000 dollars worth of exciting design and innovation, and the runner up to me looks more like the hidden love-fruit of a Mac Mini and an electrical junction box, but WTF, it's art and supposed to be expensive ;-)
The other point is that if I remember correctly, designs could only be submitted by Intel partners, and not John Q. PCModder, who could of had a more innovative design... and some public scrutiny could have been nice, if only as a marketing exercise to gauge trends...
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There are a lot of PC modders out there with great ideas, but most of these look like the bog standard PC's that you can pick up at any half-decent computer parts outlet.
OK, the Black Crystal looks good, but from from your photo, it looks like an IBM - euhh, Lenovo Thinkpad glued to a perspex sheet - not really 700 000 dollars worth of exciting design and innovation, and the runner up to me looks more like the hidden love-fruit of a Mac Mini and an electrical junction box, but WTF, it's art and supposed to be expensive ;-)
The other point is that if I remember correctly, designs could only be submitted by Intel partners, and not John Q. PCModder, who could of had a more innovative design... and some public scrutiny could have been nice, if only as a marketing exercise to gauge trends...
Cheers,
Daniel