http://www.osnews.com/story/19621/The_Ten_Most_Beautiful_Computers/page1 /
As an avid enthusiast of SGI, NeXT, Be, Apple, and a proud computer-pr0n collector (i.e. naughty picks of hot - usually old - hardware), I was intrigued to see what choices were made here. I really can not agree with some of the choices, but to see some of my favorites on the list does warm my heart. I think anything from NeXT, SGI, or Cray automatically should win a prize (not that Cray made the list), but I admit that I feel the #1 choice on their list was well chosen, even if the other stuff on the list was just a smattering of the hundreds of great options out there. My biggest beef with the list - the IBM PS/2. There were some cases from IBM in that era that I really did love - the PS/2 Model 80 in particular ( http://www.silicium.org/ibm/ibm/ibmps2mod80.htm ), but none of them really strike me as beautiful. So, how about all of you? What are your favorites? Or, in "High Fidelity" language: what are your top-10, desert island, all-time, most beautiful computers? Links to photos might be fun, too. Try not to drool and gibber while responding... -Nick
