William Maher26 June 2006, 8:31 AM
It's not often we picture ourselves in a zen garden while screaming at a dead notebook battery, but apparently that's exactly where the inspiration for HP's new wavy-line notebook design comes from.
It's not often we picture ourselves in a "zen garden" while screaming at a dead notebook battery, but apparently that's exactly where the inspiration for HP's new wavy-line notebook design comes from.
The designs are encased within the actual shell on the upcoming HP Pavilion dv2000 and Compaq Presario V3000 notebooks, not printed on the outside, so they're not meant to rub off.
It really does look the goods if you're into that sort of thing (though it shows up fingerprints worse than an iPod). Not that they went wild with the first designs - wavy lines should have a calming effect at least.
The HP notebooks are one of the classier bits of design we’ve seen come in the door of the APC Labs recently. Style is in the eye of the beholder, which is why we think the latest trend in notebooks is a winner, and we're not saying anything about these classics:
"When was the last time you felt innovation?" asked Intel last year, and they meant it literally. Their new multi-coloured notebook [warning - high res image] was covered in actual suede, meaning it was hot temperature-wise, and stylistically.
The philosophy of Sony Vaio. Look, the products are great, we just think they are being just a tad over the top about their logo, which is about "the synthesis of analog and digital and living in harmony with nature". Just a tad, mind you.
Alienware's Aurora 7500 PC. Sure, they probably go like the blazers, but some people tell us these things remind them of a futuristic, oversized toaster. Seriously though, Alienware is probably way ahead of their time, and these will be collector's items in years to come.
Lian Li's 20th Anniversary Memorial PC Case, which is the only PC case we're aware of that manages to combine revolutionary air-flow, and still find time to look like a cool mechanical super-snail. Hey, no joking about speed, ok?