24 Nov
2009
24 Nov
'09
3:35 p.m.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
IBM had one or two *INTERESTING* PC desktop designs
I've seen that would be
nearing 10 years old. A few others have as well, but I'm honestly not sure
anything that was built to run MS Windows will really ever be on-topic, that
would include modern Macs.
So it sounds to me like the rule is, "anything that doesn't run windows,
either because of insufficient power or design."
lol
Although some of the 486 or greater single board computer/passive backplane
thingies could easily run windows. So maybe we need an exemption for
anything that has a design that isn't a classic PC.
And if we exclude modern macs, does that exclusion include the Cube and Mac
Mini? I want both of those machines eventually. What about that goofy mac
that looks like a half-dome with an LCD monitor sticking out? That's
certainly interesting. Was that one intel or did it slip out before the
conversion?
And which version of windows was it that ran on the dec alpha?
brian