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It's a shame really, I feel like we've lost something from the years of SGI workstations that looked like they came straight from the future.
by nickpeterson 7y ago
It's a shame really, I feel like we've lost something from the years of SGI workstations that looked like they came straight from the future.
- dzhiurgis 7y agoYou mean bright LED's and transformer-like mods? I don't think so, seems like ALL gaming PC's are like that.
- dagw 7y agoSGI workstations had hardly any lights. Their essential distinguishing feature where that they sometimes had slightly rounded corners and came in 'fun' colors. Kind of like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Tezro#/media/File:Silicone_Graphics_SGI_Tezro_Workstation.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Tezro#/media/File:Silicone... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Octane#/media/File:SgiOctane.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Octane#/media/File:SgiOcta... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_O2#/media/File:Silicon_Graphics_O2_Plus.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_O2#/media/File:Silicon_Gra...
- mrpippy 7y agoThe Tezro and Octane both have prominent power-on lights, but I think they're tasteful and cool.
- olyjohn 7y agoI mean... they definitely look like they're from the 90's future.
- mrguyorama 7y agoThose unfortunately now just remind me of the Hot Wheels PC https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/azdp7i/hot_wheels_pc/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/azdp7i/hot_wh... I'd rather see more like the SGI Indy workstation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Indy#/media/File:Silicon_Graphics_Indy.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI_Indy#/media/File:Silicon_G...
- te_chris 7y agoI think Sony's got your back there. Looks like a source of inspiration for the PS4
- that_jojo 7y agoNo, he's talking about classic SGI machines like the Tezro: https://d2w9rnfcy7mm78.cloudfront.net/746965/original_3c751ad83339f006f169405e32100146.jpg?1477363028?bc=1 https://d2w9rnfcy7mm78.cloudfront.net/746965/original_3c751a...
- dylan604 7y agoThe old SGI joke I liked was any system that required less than 4 people to carry was considered a desktop. The future must have very large desks for their users.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoWell I can remember when fitting a new dual floppy drive (8 inch) to a pdp11 require two people to install it and a third to help run the cables through the chassis.