Mastodawn

Although, with the only color options being "The usual dystopian grey", "Not even as pink as a white shirt washed with colors", "Strange yellow", and "deathstar blue", they really still pale in comparison to the proper candyshop of colours you could get circa y2k. (Although, even then, woulda liked to see nice red and purple options)

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kabel42 Mar 5

@OpenComputeDesign @rl_dane
colorful transparent plastic was peak design :)

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Bad Opinion Guy Mar 5

@kabel42 @rl_dane

Also, like, as poorly as plastic tends to age, aluminum is just as absolutely garbage material. It was really best left to soda cans, because that's really all it's good for.

@OpenComputeDesign @kabel42

Why?

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Bad Opinion Guy

@rl_dane @kabel42

Because, old magnesium laptops are flat as a ruler, and old aluminum laptops are more curved than a banana. Old plastic laptops are often still in better condition than aluminum. Aluminum laptops are even still generally at least as prone to hinge problems as plastic ones.