The end of single-box PC case design

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baracooda said:
When somebody suggest an strange new idea, it is just confusing and
pointless for you to suggest an even wackier idea that has nothing to
do with the idea that suggested except certain shared parts.
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Using a wacky idea to illustrate the impracticality of the original isn't
'pointless'. That IS the point.
I would
appreciate more if your honest opinions lands directly on my design
and its implications.
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I've previously done so many times and to great length.
What is wrong with my design?
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Impractical, expensive, is a 'solution' seeking a 'problem', and won't work
as drawn.
Does it not
perform the tasks that it was design to do?
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The classic windshield wiper on eyeglasses invention 'performed the task it
was designed to' and didn't fly either.
As far as I can tell it
will.
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You obviously haven't tried to actually MAKE one.
Is it a solution looking for a problem? It seems that way.
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Seems that way because, IMO, it is. And it's a common 'engineers' problem
to be obsessed with the technical niftiness of something and then try to
find something to use it for.
But
in this case, it is more like a combinational improvements in PC case
design, videoconference enhancement, and automated robotic
photography.
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Just making the description more complex and tossing in a few claims like
'improvement' and 'enhanced' doesn't alter the fact.
 
baracooda said:
Very true, if your dog house is a motor home or an RV.
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No, it's just as applicable to the little wooden hovel it is.
What about when family member videoconferencing back from a vacation
in an exotic destination?
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They aren't going to take 'robo desk' with them just so you can wander the
thing over to an adjacent table in the restaurant to look at napkins, much
less carry it up a flight of stairs, or trek it up the side of Manu Loa.
 
David Maynard said:
They aren't going to take 'robo desk' with them just so you can wander the
thing over to an adjacent table in the restaurant to look at napkins, much
less carry it up a flight of stairs, or trek it up the side of Manu Loa.
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They don't have to, just borrow or rent it from the hotel or other
related service provider. Just like how people managed to get fax
messages without having to bring a fax machine.
 
baracooda said:
They don't have to, just borrow or rent it from the hotel or other
related service provider. Just like how people managed to get fax
messages without having to bring a fax machine.
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Since the only place the thing will be is in the hotel just send them a
glossy brochure. Or take a picture. Or use your camcorder.

It ain't WORTH IT.
 
David Maynard said:
Since the only place the thing will be is in the hotel just send them a
glossy brochure. Or take a picture. Or use your camcorder.

It ain't WORTH IT.
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It is not uncommon for hotel resorts to have huge garden complex
around the pool area. Those places shall be great for mobile kiosk
such as the Deskoid.
Sending glossy brochure? over the Internet or FedEx?
may need to convert that into PDF?
Besides, the Deskoid Robotic PC will also makes capturing pictures and
videos more effortless. Looks like we may finally agreed on something.
Taking a few photos/video and quickly send it out on a wireless WiFi
network. No need to go back to the hotel room and boot up the laptop.
Just do it right on the spot.
 
baracooda said:
It is not uncommon for hotel resorts to have huge garden complex
around the pool area. Those places shall be great for mobile kiosk
such as the Deskoid.
Sending glossy brochure? over the Internet or FedEx?
may need to convert that into PDF?
Besides, the Deskoid Robotic PC will also makes capturing pictures and
videos more effortless. Looks like we may finally agreed on something.
Taking a few photos/video and quickly send it out on a wireless WiFi
network. No need to go back to the hotel room and boot up the laptop.
Just do it right on the spot.
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Build one, good luck, and then go to selling.

Again, good luck.
 
Mac Cool said:
(e-mail address removed) (baracooda) said:


It looks like something built by Mattel for 9 year olds.

Your idea is the eqivalent of 'studio furniture'.
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What do you mean by "studio furniture"?
Indeed if you have a small studio, this could be the only one
entertainment system that you needed. It doesn't take a whole lot to
cofigure a PC into a TV and watch DVD on it. It is suitable for
anybody between 9 and 99 years old.
 
(e-mail address removed) (baracooda) said:
What do you mean by "studio furniture"?
Indeed if you have a small studio, this could be the only one
entertainment system that you needed. It doesn't take a whole lot to
cofigure a PC into a TV and watch DVD on it. It is suitable for
anybody between 9 and 99 years old.
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Studio furniture doesn't normally go into production, they are one-offs
made by design students or masters who have their own furniture studio to
(hopefully) push the design while meeting practical functional
requirements. Sometimes the functional requirements are sacrificed for the
sake of design.

I said the guy's idea was equivalent to studio furniture because it is
something that would never go into mass production, it doesn't solve any
problems would likely only appeal to a few people. The OP is basically out
to satisfy himself whether he has realized it or not.
 
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