Is there a case more iconic than this one?
>>53996762
Yes.
>>53996762
the IBM case with the sliding door thing
>is there a case more shit than this one?
No.
>>53996821
I have a thing for the older IBM cases
>>53996762
yes yes, the xbox 360 had a wonderful case
>>53996762
Apple II
>>53996821
>abusebox
It's a fugly POS, but I have to say that from the standpoint of immediate recognizability, the OG iMac absolutely takes the cake.
>>53996762
config.sys
>>53996762
Got two of the fuckers in my garage, both dead now. Caps just went out on the 270
iconic
>>53996762
I had one of these around for ages. It might still be in my parents' garage, but I think we gave in and scrapped it once it was far too old to be of much use. (The place that I take old electronics too will donate useful components or computers to schools and the like, too, so it may have lived on somewhere.)
>>53997061
>case
>>53997244
>>53997276
Anon, please. My erection
>>53997295
How hard is your erection now?
Do you need to go to the emergency room?
>>53997276
Holy fuck how did they have something this sexy at that time
>>53997313
IntelliStation Power 275
Similar case, but with a vermillion accent.
>>53996762
Holy crap we had those at our old highschool
>>53997175
THIS
>>53997175
I want mine back ;~;
It ran windows ME until a lightning strike fried the hard drive in 2008.
>>53997276
Dem Angles.
>>53997175
Damn, I just nostalgia'd pretty hard. I loved this piece of garbage. Used the case for my first ever build too.
>>53997276
Thats a great looking case. Change the materials, keep the look and I'd probably buy a modern version of it.
>>53996762
There's a big difference between iconic and abundant.
That Dell Dimension in your pic is a budget release and at the time of release was lacking imo.
>>53997372
I think every high school in America was legally obligated to buy these Optiplexes.
>>53996762
Does iconic means it holds the Prescott heat core of the sun in every unit?
Case badge is rotatable, btw...so the Dell logo stays autistic-friendly in either orientation.
>>53998739
My office still runs one of those as a NAS.
It's horrifying.
>>53997244
HP tried also but was never IBM tier.
>>53997052
To be honest, it looks pretty good.
I wish they still made computers that size and formfactor.
I don't like big screens for anything else but watching chinese cartoons.
>>53999263
I really like the looks of SE/30.
>>53999272
How about the Power Macintosh remix?
>>53999272
I'm sure you could fit a decently powerful tower inside that case if you used an LCD panel.
>>53997175
Dayum this git me
>>53999285
Those 90s Macs are the fucking worst. Looks like an Original with all sorts of funny looking chins and tumors.
>>53999285
I used to have one of those. Not the prettiest thing, but I got mine super cheap, so I can't really complain.
But it's nothing like the G3 All-In-One. *That* was a fucking ugly monstrosity.
Yes, that top portion is translucent and wraps down the back. Looks like a mullet now that I see it again.
>>53999365
Jesus christ, kill it with fire.
>>53999365
Wow, that looks so bad.
Who even thought it was a good idea?
This right here, but only because it was my first computer.
>Intel Pentium 133 mhz
>16mb of ram
>1.5gb hard drive
>8mb video card
>sound blaster sound card
>28.8k modem
shit was great back in the day.
>>53999365
>G3 All-In-One
>>53997276
I would pay real money for this if I found one.
>>53997175
Whoa holy shit, so many memories I didn't know I had
>>53997175
This. I kept my kick ass games in the little disc holder in the front bottom.
I find the lack of Chieftec cases disturbing.
>>54000174
Damn in the early 2000s that's what me and all my buddies had. They were great cases for the time, but by today's standards they are total shit tier. The psu mounted on the top and the hard drive didn't have removable trays, no dust filters, no bottom case fan, damn life was rough back then you just had to hope to god that your amd chip didn't catch on fire.
>>53997819
They still either buy Optiplexes or Lenovo desktops. I guess it depends on the contract the district signs or something. Fortunately I don't work IT in a highschool, or IT in general.
Sun microsystems ultra
Apple power mac g5
>>54000174
Man, what even happened to Chieftec ?
Where did they go ?
>>54000487
They're still around they just don't have their stuff on newegg. Their cases are still ugly as sin:
>http://www.chieftec.com/products.html
>>53999285
killed one of those, sitting in the back of history class flipping the power on and off because I was bored. after 30 times or so it didn't do anything anymore.
>>53999497
They show up every now and then on eBay.
They're rarely in mint condition like the pic though.
C'mon.
thread made me realize how long it's been since seeing a lock on a case
NeXTStation
I swear to god old IBMs and the new-ish Lenovos are so fucking NICE to look at
![zbox_DT[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/5Q94taI.jpg "zbox_DT[1].jpg")
I remember having NEC Powermate cases everywhere until late highschool, when they switched to OP's Dell computers
![ZIP_Drive_100,_2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9ePRq6z.jpg "ZIP_Drive_100,_2[1].jpg")
>>54000609
>NeXTStation
>Not the cube
>>54000697
>posting the one where Jobs went full retard and made a workstation "tower" that can't possibly be put in an office without taking up all the desk space or making people trip over it if placed on floor
>>54000726
Iconic doesn't mean smart. The dustbuster minivan is iconic, doesn't mean I want one.
>>54000548
>ugly as sin
what do you mean? :^)
>>54000726
>engineers "perfect cubes are hard to make and will double the unit cost for no appreciable benefit"
>jobs "derp crystals duhrhr fruit-only splerg not my daughter gorp cube!"
>>54000609
>>54000697
can shit barely anyone used be called iconic?
>>53996762
this gave me PTSD
>>54000885
all those leaking capacitors
>>54000798
iconic things don't need to have been popular
the bebox case is rather iconic, a lot of people recognize it, even if they never bought/used one
>>53997265
What about it?
>>54000785
what's hard about a cube?
>>54001260
Cooling probably.
Anyone remember these?
>>54002332
SPARCstation did it better.
>>54001260
http://www.acornpd.com/blog/Designing_for_a_Tough_Critic_Jobs
>Our team worked with the metal casting manufacturer on cost reduction, the end result being a proposed one-piece die that would eliminate the witness lines, but would require a slight draft angle to extract the part from the die. We got the supplier to agree to a barely-noticeable ¼ degree draft. We built a visual mockup for evaluation, which confirmed that the draft was barely noticeable. One day SJ stopped by our office, spotted the mockup before he was even fully in the room, and asked what the heck was THAT? I don’t remember his exact words, but he spotted the difference and let us know that it was not going to fly.
tl,dr: Jobs was a pain in the ass.
>>53997819
Make that every high school on this planet.
Those Optilexes were absolutely everywhere.
Dell must have made billions from selling them.
And they were among the worst fucking computers I've ever had the displeasure of using.
>>54002332
Still the GOAT workstation right here.
>>53997819
britbong here can confirm we also had optiplexs (745s iirc) i left 4 years back
>>54000746
want
>>53997175
>tfw I had one till last year but it got vacuumed inside and stopped turning on
>>54003328
The PERFECT ITX case
>>54005733
I might try something like this.
I lost the power supply for my NES anyway.
Going with these two (1/2)
>>54005872
(2/2)
>>54005791
Search NES power supply on amazon. It costs £5
>>53997276
would these be wide enough to fit modern motherboards?
>>53999484
>Have 'Molar Mac'
>Plan to get Sonnet CPU upgrade
>None of the best upgrades will fit in the case.
>>53996762
yeah, i saw one just yesterday in post office in prague, dell must have sold milions of them worldwide
>>53997175
It still works.
>>53997175
oh man i totally forgot i had one of these
>>54006355
computer looks like it's seen some shit...
>>54006704
>Never obsolete
>Celeron
:)
>>54000609
>using the predecessor of homeOSeX
GAAAAYYYYYYYYY
>>54006078
Mah nigga. This was dad's old computer. Still works though it's quite hot and noisy these days.
>>54007048
It can't get worst than celeron, so is never goes obsolete when is obsolete already
>>54005791
It's easy to buy a new one
>>54007098
Can of compressed air, blow out the dust from the CPU fan, and your good for another 3-4 years.
>>53997313
Very hard
>>53999263
>I don't like big screens for anything else but watching chinese cartoons.
Do you not do any actual work on a computer? Screen real estate is one of the most important things.
>>54007112
good point
though didn't cyrix still exist at the time
>>54007372
Reading and shitposting on 4chan is hard work desu.
I hate having to read posts that stretch from the left of my screen all the way to my right so I've resized my web browser to about a third of my screen width.
>>53997489
hey, this isnt a cringe thread..
>>54006704
was scrolling just for this pic, thanks anon
>>54000174
>Antec, clear sides...red leds.. feels...
Traded my p4, xp box for an Ampeg SVT-4 Pro.. back in 2003....
Best fucking decision on my life.....
>>53996821
>>53997244
>>53997276
>>53997354
I really like IBM's serious design. Too bad they went full retard and lost to Microshit.
>>54000609
>>54000697
>from the mind of Steve Jobs
>tfw no comfy Prescott P4 Dell machine
>>53996762
>When Millennials Speak: The Thread..
Listen son...
antec 900 is forever stained in my head as it was seemingly the case everyone was using when trying to make a crysis pc in 2007
it became the face of pc gaming to me
>>54007656
>dat slide off side....
>>53997175
Anyone ever purchase a color kit for this thing?
I regret not buying one when I could. Seems kinda neat that you can customize it to your liking, by color at least. Mine will forever be the default blue, I guess. I could search eBay, but why bother?
>>53996762
I think he's making a funny, because the way this thing opens. It like a briefcase, no side panel for this beast, on no. Nothing like trying to shove a heatsink in there, let alone replace the mobo. The mobo it held in place firmly by metal tabs attached to the case, you have to bend those to get it out. Oh and don't get me started on the RAM, I think it's a transition property design, somewhere between ddr1 and ddr2. It actually has a spacer stick u have to put in the other slot if it's not being used. But yeah these computers suck ass.
>>54007715
You could try to get them 3d printed something really cool
>>54007680
>tfw I sold one on ebay a few months ago for £80
It was a shitty case but that giant fan was quiet and moved a ton of air
>>54007702
both are a thing of beauty.
>>54007680
Antec 300 for me and friends
picture not related, there were all over Germany
>>54007795
>You could try to get them 3d printed
Never even thought of doing this. Thanks anon.
Fell for the meme... Still use it in my main system...
Armor was a good case for its time.
>>54007789
Rambus?
antec 300
>>53996762
i actually want one... with the p4.... and a ball mouse... to play quake....
Fractal Define R4 is better than all those shit tier cases posted in this thread
>>54007680
isn't it still the top reviewed case on newegg?
holy fuck it is, and by over 4000 reviews
I'm surprised no one posted this jewel
>>53997276
>>53997354
>>53999211
These were way, wayyy too uncommon to be considered iconic
>>53996821
>>53997175
>>53997244
>>53999285
>>54000459
>>54006078
>>54006355
>>54006704
There was nothing really special about these, or they were overshadowed by something far more iconic
>>54007789
You're talking about Rambus RAM, which competed with DDR in the early days (and blew it the fuck out) but lost the war because of sheer jewry on Rambus' part.
>>53997354
>>53997276
so beautiful
>>53996762
200 of these shrinkwrapped on a pallet.
>>54000599
Jesus every athlon XP I ever saw had that case
>>53999365
My high school had these in our math/programming computer lab. I cried every day. The entire school strictly had Apples till my last year or two, then we got some shitty Dell computers.
>>54010305
because only 3 of us were in high school to use them back ion the day, we're old
Jumper j50 resets cmos password on that model BTW
>>53999365
I actually want one of these
>compact as shit
>mac serial ports
>DB-25 SCSI
>400/800K floppy drive that can also read and write PC disks with ease
>zip drive
>3 PCI slots for adding USB/additional networking options
>powerful enough for internet access
They'd make a sick as shit bridge box or file archiver, too bad they're so rare that they're massively overvalued compared to other G3s.
>>53997796
That's an Optiplex
>>54007702
>>54008017
Sadly I doubt you'll find many on /g/ who are even old enough to remember.
My family's first computer was actually even older, a VIC-20 as shown here. It had been replaced by a 386 with DOS and then 3.1 by the time I was old enough to actually USE a computer, though, and I mostly remember the VIC-20 as a thing collecting dust in the garage.
Come to think of it, I wonder why you don't see basic all-in-ones built into KBs anymore.
>>54006078
I have one of these, I put an fdd in it too recently
>>54010987
>I wonder why you don't see basic all-in-ones built into KBs anymore.
Even users in the '80s didn't want that weak, unexpandable and bulky shit outside of the ultra low-end where it was a more convenient form factor for use with a television. Nowadays you can much more effectively fill the same niche with a large laptop or SFF/AIO desktop.
>>54010867
>>compact as shit
I don't know about that. Maybe because it's all in one box, easier to transport. Somewhat. it's still big as fuck and contains a CRT.
>>54011147
They were huge and bulky in the '80s because computer hardware in general was huge and bulky, though.
Nowdays you could fit hardware at least on par with an ultrabook into something the size of an average non-mechanical KB, and probably something decently capable of gaming into a slightly overgrown mech board. It might make for an interesting LAN setup for undemanding games like CS, MOBAs, etc.
Why do i need to post this
>>54010987
>Come to think of it, I wonder why you don't see basic all-in-ones built into KBs anymore.
Because the average users don't want it cause it has no 1-click install fart apps, and the tech users don't want it because it is not running Unix.
>>53996762
oh god
i recapped so many of those motherfuckers during the capacitor plague
i'm glad it's over
>>54010987
>I wonder why you don't see basic all-in-ones built into KBs anymore.
It's called a laptop
>>54010987
>I wonder why you don't see basic all-in-ones built into KBs anymore.
mostly because heat dissipation
and because that form factor is retarded anyway
>>53996762
yes, pic related
>>53996821
Old IBM cases look like they would be the shit for a sleeper system.
>>54011710
Your form factor is retarded m8
>>54010210
It's dated and overpriced, but by no means a bad case
>>53997276
make it with mATX support and brushed aluminum and you would have my literal fetish.
>>54011730
didn't know they made G5s in orange
oh wait
>>54008017
>>54012300
a gaming mini ITX setup should fit. add in an old hard drive running off of molex for that authentic bootup sound
>>54011326
>They were huge and bulky in the '80s because computer hardware in general was huge and bulky, though.
If you implemented the form factor with any kind of meaningful hardware, the shit required to dissipate the heat from power-sucking modern components would make up for the difference.
>>Nowdays you could fit hardware at least on par with an ultrabook into something the size of an average non-mechanical KB
But at that point, why exactly would you bother and not just use an ultrabook in the first place? If you're space-conscious, a laptop that includes a built in monitor, far less cable spaghetti and actual portability is a much better choice. If you're just really hell-bent on using your 20''/4K monitor but don't want to devote too much desk space to a traditional desktop or a laptop with a dock, then you probably still have more than enough space for a far more useful and upgradable SFF desktop or all-in-one with a nice display instead of some shitty gaming laptop with no screen and an awful permanently grafted keyboard.
>>54012300
later PC300 minitowers should fit standard mATX boards just fine
wouldn't really like the idea of destroying a 300XL or other slider box for some half-assed sleeper build though, those things had some real cool engineering, especially the dual socket pentium pro 365 model
>>53997175
Fuuggg so many hours playing age of empires, populous, star wars jedi knight and sims...
>>54012300
I snagged an IBM Aptiva case just for this single purpose. Grandparents had it sitting in their garage.
>>54007680
Still have mine 7 years later
>>53996762
Fuck off millennial skrub.
Understand what irony is as this isn't it
>>53996762
I played my very first videogames on this at school. Oregon Trail, Carmen Santiago, Reader Rabbit, all the things that made me the type of person to still be on this fucking site.
>>53996762
Bitches don't know bout mah ICL data solutions
Seymour centre. Aussie fag detected.
>>54015400
This. The classic.
>>54015400
>Carmen Santiago
You mean San Diego?
>>54016343
>You mean San Diego?
You mean Sandiego?
>>53997244
>>53997276
Why doesnt imb make consumer stuff like this?
>>54007680
is the modern equvalent the haf x?
>>54000174
my current computer inside one of these
>>54000599
>not the 7237
>>54007702
>Amiga 500
The power and video plugs are a bitch. Who thought DB23 and fucking square DIN-5 was a good idea? Thank christ there's still an old guy out there who still sells square DIN-5 plugs...
>>54007680
Incredibly you can still buy them new even though they came out in late 2005 as I recall.
I'm surprised no one posted the sexdoll case...
Shrug
>>54005896
Using this right now
This one, I'm still using it
>>54019272
This one*
>>54019318
Yep, I grew up with this one and apparently so did every household in the 00s
>Pentium 4HT and noisy as fuck
>That hard to get audio port for the headphones
>Those terrible Dell speakers that broke within a year
>Long msn messenger sessions
>Noisy and dusty as fuck
>For some reason incredibly annoying to move around and open even though it's just a box
This one. I had one with a "Y2K Ready" sticker.
>>54019618
several people i knew had one, but my family had the predecessor
Pentium 3 667MHz
128M PC-133 SDRAM
Intel i810 integrated graphics
no AGP slot
10G PATA HDD
Windows 98SE
cost like, NZ$2000 new (came with a 1280x1024, 17" monitor, and a lexmark z31 parallel/color inkjet printer)
My high school must have had at least two hundred of these lying around with a Sempron and Windows XP. Except for this one classroom for teaching web design, Flash, etc. That one got PowerMac G5s.
>>54019991
Pulled one of those out of the dump for a sleeper build but I put the original board back in, I think I'm going to install Windows NT4
>>54020139
Yea, I like the aesthetic of this case so I might use it for a futur build. Windows Me is still going strong on it.
>>54005872
The 7900SFF looked better, but were worse to work in and weighed more. Similarly the EliteDesk 800 are worse than the 8000SFF series.
>>54000459
SPARC Station Pizza boxes were much more memorable.
>>54021082
Apple Pizza boxes were pretty nifty too.
>>54007715
Don't give up on your dreams, anon.
>>54000609
hnnnnnnnnnng
>>54000459
My current case right there.
>>53996762 I still have one OP and its fully working
>>54022531
These are pictures of mine in fact
>>54019272
Only time in my life I've ever broken off a headphone plug. What a stupid fucking design.
>>54006980
It has. Shared between me and my siblings back in the days.
>>53996821
shit, I have one of those.
>>53997244
>>53997276
i miss this era
>>54011343
REEEEE
The Dell is "iconic" if you're talking about family computers. I fucking hate it. I don't want it to be ironic.
I just had a shitty time with them is all. I've NEVER touched one of those fucking boxes when they were new afaik. Always when they're full of shit running XP and running slow as fuck. It's always in someone's house used by someone with the patience of a saint who couldn't give fuck all if she had to wait 4 weeks for her Internet Explorer powered by Yahoo! edition to fucking start up.
I need a moment here, or a hug. I can't handle this right now. And then opening one of those up and looking at what Dell called "easy access".. oh god.. there goes my heart.
>>54022531
>>54022576
Got any plans for it? I guess it'll make a useless server. By useless I mean.. a file server you don't really need. Essentially what most of /g/ has. Essentially a computer who's hardware is useless besides the hard drive, which stores files that you could fit 20 times over on that laptop you probably have lying around somewhere.
>>54005733
>cd drive glued to top of case
>perfect itx case
>>54022102
Fuck that guy and fuck his fucking shirt and specially his fucking optimism
>>54025404
If those are iconic in the home then these are iconic in the work place. My college still has hundreds of them (selling them off for $25 a pop as they replace them though). I've also used or have seen them at pretty much every job I've worked at so far.
>>54010305
Yes about damn time
>>54016477
Turns out making computer cases for /g/ isn't prestigious enough jobs for Ivy League grads working at IBM.
>>54006704
>Never obsolete
>Celeron
>533 MHz
>64 MB RAM
>15 GB HDD
>Game Port(s)
>>54011730
I fell for the meme of the mini-ITX version.
The handles are actually pretty useful for me though b/c I go to LAN parties a lot.
>>53996762
>Is there a case more ironic than this one?
Fixed.
>>53997061
Have one of those, won't ever throw it away.
>>53997819
My public library had some, but schools here all use Macs.
>>53998739
loud and slow to boot up
United States Air Force Standard Desktop.
Slowest computers I've ever had the misfortune of using.
>>54022531
Microsoft definitely had to have shit flinged their way when they shown the 360 design.
>>53996762
Surprise no one posted a PB
>>54025647
These are increasingly replacing the Dimension 2400 in homes of poor people as the corporations get rid of them.
They're not too terrible with a Core 2 at least.
Tend to have jerry rigged laptop hard drives and never the right video driver installed though.
1024x768 stretched out, oversharpened, and with edges cut off on a 19" Haier TV will be the new generation's 800x600 on a 17" LCD.
![powermacg5_profile-100043321-orig[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/jyMak3f.jpg "powermacg5_profile-100043321-orig[1].png")
>>54027896
>Muppets Treasure Island
That shit was fucking awesome.
brb gonna give Tim curry the black spot.
>>54025647
i fucking hate these things, we have phased them out with Optiplex 3010/3020/3040s at my work. They work great as an MDT share or something low level tier.
>>54028094
underrated post
>>53996762
That case is iconic as being the biggest victim of the great capacitor plague. Google it. Shit was crazy.
Windows ME desktop.
>>54028094
>tfw no Taiwanese case manufacturer has dared to completely rip off the G5
>>54008017
Came here just to post this, but I see I'm too late.
>>54006704
I wonder if anyone ever tried to get the $99 "Top of the line" upgrade
>>54025647
I'm waiting for my school to sell the monitors they had, they are great for shitposting and coding
>>54021093
They're cozy with the 12" display that fits right on top.
>>54006704
I can still feel the texture of the power button.
>>54008028
>hey hanz, i heff un crazy idea!
>ja???
>mozerboard... IN ZE FRUNT!
>>54028094
>Tfw i actually own a gutted one but can't find the motivation to finish the atx conversion.
>>53999291
I haven't followed the scene in recent years, but Japan practically had/has a cottage industry in modding and upgrading those compact macs, particularly the Color Classic since it had a color screen, (then) modern features already built into the case, and in particular, the internals was designed similar to other Macs of the era. Despite its size, the logic board was the same width as most all the other Macs of the era, (including the Power Mac towers.) Some boards you could just swap in, others required some internal plastic surgery to fit a slightly longer board.
>>54026569
Read the full text. They'd send you a new computer every second year if you bought their $20/month dialup internet and paid $99, and trade in your "current" one.
>>54028507
Lian Li did with their PC-V1000 series.
>>53996762
Yes.
>>54007667
"And the poor old man wandered through a sea asking for his friends. Where were his Friends?"
>>54025647
back row of the geography lab I'm in at the moment has those shitboxes still
>>54031746
You monster
>>54032357
That's a handsome computer.
