Black, sexy and menacing...X500 PLUS

[runequester]

okay, definately need more pictures of the whole thing, more sexiness


Specs? (what fits inside, I mean)
Price?

[runequester]

The price is not set yet, what I am doing is letting people decide, those who have registered their interest that is.

Why?

Because I've realised that I'll never get anywhere near the development costs (and time) back.

I have completely violated all the laws of economics and entrepreneurship, next time I'll ask Darrin, he seems to know a thing or two about business

So people'll decide the price based on what they think it's worth and what they are prepared to spend!

If anyone is interested email me:

amigarulez@hotmail.com

and tell me what you think.

Specs:

The X500 PLUS case comes in black (which seems to be the one everyone wants) and white.

2mm thick aluminium possibly sprayed in matt black or white (still deciding on powder coating, it sounds expensive!)

Plastic sides and cover

Loads of screws!

40mm silent fan (white and black)

Full size, low profile, chiclet USB keyboard

Internal USB adapter

3.5" USB card reader (black, can't find a matching white ones just yet)

slim SATA DVD-RW (black)

1x braided and heatshrunk at both ends power LED your choice of colour (amber, blue, green or red)

1x braided and heatshrunk at both ends Hard Drive LED your choice of colour (amber, blue, green or red)

Custom made LED window

Rubber feet

Space for up to 3x 2.5" Solid State Drives (these are the ones to go for as they are silent, fast and use little power and don't produce heat) or 2.5" Hard disk drives

Space for a mini-itx board, x86, PPC, you choose (height of heatsink applies) or flex-atx board (only one expansion slot can be used)

1x low profile expansion slot (for a graphics card - up to 170-180mm long)

1x ON/OFF switch (cheap and cheerful, hidden under the keyboard)

I think that is it...

That sounds pretty wicked. Any formal process for declaring interest at this point? Obviously first come first serve, but I won't have spare cash for a little while anyways.

[runequester]

Just email me here:

amigarulez@hotmail.com

Speak to you soon, thanks.

Just emailed you earlier

[runequester]

It is VERY pretty, but again - a chiclet keyboard?
Brings me back to Coco1 standards (shuddering).
 
I don't even like those on laptops (where its about your only option).
 
Then again, I know I'm in the minority when I say I like longer travel keyboards with clicking feedback (like early IBM keyboards - fabulous for touch typing).

If this had an option for a clicky keyboard, I'd sell a non insignificant amount of grandmothers for it

[runequester]

Ah, someone else that remember that good keyboards used to be an option.
I wish I could find the nimrods that convinced everybody that silent, short travel keys were OK.
 
You know, I still have two IBM keyboards and an early Tandy I prefer because of the keyswitches they were using at thre time.

I actually have a really nice IBM model M that I use. I can't really use it right now, since Morph OS is hard to use proper, without windows keys, and I can't get the rebind options in poseidon to work, but once I get a Linux machine again, it'll go right back on!