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Personally, what I miss is translucency! I'd really like to see translucent electronics make a comeback, it was always neat to see the inner workings.

gugagore 6y ago
You might enjoy this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3PfsndsihY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3PfsndsihY It's about electronic devices designed to be used in prison, so they're intentionally made transparent.
- FreakyT 6y ago
  Huh, I never heard of clear prison devices! Super cool!
- sukilot 6y ago
  It's hard to enjoy tech made for USA's cruelly overlong prison sentences.
soylentcola 6y ago
Not that there aren't plenty of eyesores among them, but there are loads of computer cases with huge tempered glass windows (and I've even seen a decent number of them made of clear acrylic panels). I guess that's more transparency than translucency, but it's easy to put together a workstation with visible internals. You don't even have to load it up with rainbow LEDs if you don't want it looking like some hot rodder's ground effects ;)
- thaumasiotes 6y ago
  Buying a case without contents, this problem is bizarrely ubiquitous: http://chainsawsuit.com/tag/case-mod/ http://chainsawsuit.com/tag/case-mod/
ksec 6y ago
Yes. When I first saw the AirPod Pic [1], I thought there was going to be a translucent version. Not only that, I wish 20 years after G4 Cube we could figure out way for translucent casing not turn yellow after a few years. [1] https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5dbe2597b4d505000678c672/960x0.jpg?fit=scale https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5dbe2597b4d...
- nonesuchluck 6y ago
  By and large, translucent electronics made today wouldn't be as visually interesting as, say, a clear Game Boy. Ultrabooks and smartphones are about 90% battery, there's not much to see besides a flat boring slab. But those AirPods are gorgeous, I would throw mine in a lake and buy those in a heartbeat.

gugagore 6y ago

You might enjoy this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3PfsndsihY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3PfsndsihY It's about electronic devices designed to be used in prison, so they're intentionally made transparent.

FreakyT 6y ago
Huh, I never heard of clear prison devices! Super cool!
sukilot 6y ago
It's hard to enjoy tech made for USA's cruelly overlong prison sentences.

soylentcola 6y ago

Not that there aren't plenty of eyesores among them, but there are loads of computer cases with huge tempered glass windows (and I've even seen a decent number of them made of clear acrylic panels). I guess that's more transparency than translucency, but it's easy to put together a workstation with visible internals. You don't even have to load it up with rainbow LEDs if you don't want it looking like some hot rodder's ground effects ;)

thaumasiotes 6y ago
Buying a case without contents, this problem is bizarrely ubiquitous: http://chainsawsuit.com/tag/case-mod/ http://chainsawsuit.com/tag/case-mod/

ksec 6y ago

Yes. When I first saw the AirPod Pic [1], I thought there was going to be a translucent version. Not only that, I wish 20 years after G4 Cube we could figure out way for translucent casing not turn yellow after a few years. [1] https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5dbe2597b4d505000678c672/960x0.jpg?fit=scale https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/5dbe2597b4d...

nonesuchluck 6y ago
By and large, translucent electronics made today wouldn't be as visually interesting as, say, a clear Game Boy. Ultrabooks and smartphones are about 90% battery, there's not much to see besides a flat boring slab. But those AirPods are gorgeous, I would throw mine in a lake and buy those in a heartbeat.