This particular machine was a hot ticket last year at CeBit, and I thought it would make an impression as the year wore on. This is the second cool-looking machine this company has produced, but few have seen or heard of them. The other cool-looking machines are the newest Silicon Graphics Windows NT machines, which may influence some designers. Then again, perhaps all is lost. Reader David Fischer made the point that stereo gear has no design and it still sells well.
Most computer users are geeks and have no sense of style anyway.
But in general he's right. As for the lack of taste among computer users, I agree but suggest that even the most tasteless person, geek or otherwise, will sense good design and be naturally attracted to it, as an attraction to beauty is innate in humans. And some people actually defend the beige box. In fact, few people hide the computer out of sight, because that's too inconvenient if you ever have to insert a CD-ROM disk. I'm amused by how people defend lack of style with pragmatic vigor.