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HybRed lacks finished touches |
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Written by Chris Tangora
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Monday, 30 June 2008 |
 There is a a PC mod running around the internet that seems to be getting a lot of comparisons to the iMac. It goes by the name HybRed, and is supposed to be a PC all-in-one. The modder, Ville 'Willek' Kyrö, got his motivation from an iMac, but that is where it ended. Gizmodo's review made it sound like this was a bad-ass machine that blows the iMac out of the water. For me, it looks a little bit to unfinished and tacky to be compared to an iMac.
While it does house the display and motherboard in the same enclosure, the style is nothing like that of an iMac. And yes, it might be the "ultimate" all-in-one gaming console, but if you have to sacrifice looks for it, well ... I'd prefer the looks. The power supply has it's own 120mm fan and has large metal gauge enclosures for binding the wires together between the power supply and the case (and the case to itself?). There's enough LED lights on this thing to keep a small room illuminated and the cut-out sides of the case seem a little bit over-done. The craftsmanship seems like it is high quality, to me it just seems in poor taste. Maybe it's me, but I'll take an iMac over the HybRed any day.
HybRed case on metku.net via technabob and gizmodo
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