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Re: HEY, WHAT'S THE BEIGE IDEA??

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From: Len Freedman
Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 00:00
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In ba.market.computer Jon Davis <nbcomm@REMOVEME.bigfoot.com> wrote:
: A year and a half ago I came across a popular computer magazine (like PC
: Magazine, but it seems *not* PC Magazine, although I could still be
: mistaken) that had a short little product-article thingy on a company that
: sells "designer cases", or computer cases that were "rebellious" to the
: boring beige computer cases everyone has today.  They included dark teal,
: dark maroon, and black, and were very beautifully rounded and shaped.  I
: want this in my living room!

: Does anyone know of this or any other case manufacturer that does this?  I'm
: desperate, I've spent hours--entire nights, even--trying to find it,
: but have come up short!!

Acer makes a line of computers that look very space-age, like big
vitamin pills.  I had one for a while and it was not bad (but the
matching keyboard and mouse were junky and needed to be replaced).
They came in 'charcoal' and 'emerald' and maybe more colors now.
If you don't need the very latest thing, Acer has a company store
in San Jose with refurbs and returns that are very reasonable. I
couldn't tell you where, but they advertise in Micro-Times or
Computer Currents.
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From: Len Freedman <lenf@shell12.ba.best.com>
Subject: Re: HEY, WHAT'S THE BEIGE IDEA??
Date: 1998/05/03
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