Subj : Re: First Computer That R
To   : NIGHTFOX
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Wed Feb 09 2022 16:20:00

>  DW> At any rate for a while they were also bad about having proprietary parts
>  DW> like in the PCs they made to try to "compete" with the MAC... they were a
>  DW> monitor and PC in one case.

>  DW> I have to admit, I may be thinking of Digital, though. In the mist of tim
>  DW> I get those confused. :)

> I remember seeing some Windows PCs like that in the late 90s & early 2000s.  I
> the late 90s, there was one particular Windows PC I remember seeing in stores
> at was an all-in-one that used translucent blue & white plastic and looked a l
>  like Apple's new iMac at the time.  I remember hearing Apple sued that compan
> because their PCs looked too much like their iMac, and they won, and the compa
>  making those PCs had to stop selling them.

This would have been in 1994, which was before the iMac (I think).  These
were more "boringly" packaged units in plain beige cases.  I think I also
remember those PCs that looked like they were knocking off the look of the
iMac, but don't think I ever saw one firsthand.  I wonder who made them?

Looks like Xerxes answered that question.  :)


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