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Offline Specter_57

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Steampunked Laptop?
« on: Tue, 16 March 2010, 17:23:07 »
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Interesting.....



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Offline Oqsy

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Steampunked Laptop?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 16 March 2010, 17:42:17 »
I generally like the steampunk style, but this one looks unusable.  A laptop that can't be folded is kind of silly, and all that crap(carriage) would make the bottom of the monitor a pain to see.  Interesting concept, decent execution of style, poor design...  I give it 3 stars.
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Offline Specter_57

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Steampunked Laptop?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 16 March 2010, 17:56:19 »
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Steampunked stuff is, in my opinion...usually more about apearance rather than practical functionality.

Still...interesting to look at, a display piece if you have it, not a working laptop (obviously....)

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Offline EverythingIBM

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 16 March 2010, 19:58:39 »
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Steampunked stuff is, in my opinion...usually more about apearance rather than practical functionality.

Still...interesting to look at, a display piece if you have it, not a working laptop (obviously....)


I really hate how the rims on that monitor are so thin.

But if it can't close... it's just illogical. Something like that as a display would bend my mind. I generally stray away from "junk" (i.e. nothing that is useful except changes the frequencies of light that enter into your eye).
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Offline Oqsy

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 16 March 2010, 21:21:47 »
plenty of steampunk items ARE still functional... that's why this one bugs me.
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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 17 March 2010, 02:59:16 »
Ugly as a donkey's ass! :D
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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 17 March 2010, 07:30:53 »
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donkey's ass! :D

That's kinda like ass^2.
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Offline pikapika

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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 17 March 2010, 07:55:46 »
this guy makes functionnal things with steampunk look : http://www.datamancer.net/
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 17 March 2010, 08:17:35 »
That guy's also a member here.
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Offline DreymaR

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 17 March 2010, 08:37:26 »
Criticizing steampunk for being illogical... priceless.
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 17 March 2010, 08:55:48 »
There have been some great steampunked Model M's on ebay lately.  I've bid them up some but haven't gone all in.
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« Reply #11 on: Sat, 20 March 2010, 20:25:01 »


Now that's  ergonomic.
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Offline EverythingIBM

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« Reply #12 on: Sun, 21 March 2010, 02:03:12 »
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Now that's  ergonomic.


The "wrist bleeder". Beats my gel wrest any day!
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Offline Specter_57

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A steampunked mouse for the laptop.....
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 31 March 2010, 20:40:50 »
This would go nicely with this laptop.....




..and the page I found it on:

http://jakehildebrandt.com/2007/04/20/img_0616-2/



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Offline BigBrother

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Steampunked Laptop?
« Reply #14 on: Fri, 02 April 2010, 23:21:29 »
why do i get the feeling that this is some slim model of a typewriter with a blackboard tacked on it and something resembling a mouse on this side?
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