I Want My MTV... PC?

Tsar writes: "MTV Networks is putting their imprimatur on a line of entertainment-oriented PC's to be available early this year. Targeting the college-age crowd, they'll have TV &amp radio tuners, DVD players, remote controls, and 'MTV-specific content.' CNN has this article on CNN's SCI-TECH page, but the original story was posted last Thursday on IDG.net. There's also news of MTV's impending digital music player, which uses DataPlay's 500MB matchbook-sized discs with built-in digital rights denial^H^H^H^H^H^Hmanagement."

That's Funny

[Anonymous Coward]

I really only want my calculus. I love integration.

Re:Anyone remember?

[jarodss]

Yep, I build my own too but I've never been able to get flames on the side like the hotwheels computer, except for the time some guy named Tom took the heat sink off my Athlon.

Funny

[DJ rCn]

I hope this is a hoax but if not oh well. I think this is going to be a failed marketing attempt for MTV. Even if you are a college student, would you want your computer to come from a channel that headlines a show where people pierce their asses? Not me, I just don't see this idea being sucessful.

Re:Anyone remember?

[mother_superius]

...But I love my Hot Wheels PC!
Having flames on the side makes the software faster; haven't you heard of aerodynamics?

mtvml

[moosesocks]

the new mtvML markup language. Written specificly for the new line of pcs.

Yo, buy this PC!
You will be hip
It is da bomb!

MTV Specific content... yes!

[Foxman98]

4 Words...

Jenny.
McCarthy.
Nude.
Screensaver.

Re:Anyone remember?

[aka-ed]

Hah! you haven't seen How Cool It Looks! [singingstore.com]

You know you want it.

Sounds familiar

[NetJunkie]

That sounds like the geeks on here and Slashdot....

Re:Wrong Audience

[HoaryCripple]

So true. I would not be caught dead with one of these bimbo boxes. But you know what, many college students have no freaking clue about computer hardware. Hard to believe in this day and age huh? So these people are the ones targeted. They will buy the stupid mtv computer, and marginalize the the crowd that knows hardware (not that this isn't already the case) as a bunch of quacks/dorks.

When you say that college students are subject to peer pressure -- I don't think that the hardware saavy (sp?) individuals are exerting peer pressure on anyone other than their hardware saavy friends.

Speaking of peer pressure, I am reminded of the time three other friends and I were in a bar. My one friend was kicking it to some woman, and my other two friends and I were talking to her somewhat cute friend (another female). Well, I was inebriated, and so naturally the topic changed to operating systems. In an uncanny moment of smoothness, I asked her if she used Windows. You can guess that she said "yes." I immediately replied that people who use Windows are idiots. Well, that pissed her off, but the amazing thing was that my other two friends joined in ripping on her because of her choice in operating system. What a fiasco that turned out to be for my (normal) friend who was hitting on the other woman. Needless to say both women left.

And if you're wondering, It's GNU/Linux all the way baby.

Re:MTV Specific content... yes!

[psavo]

My 4 words:

Shiny
Things
Network.


Oh, you want FOUR words. Well this generation can't count that high.

Correlation?

[satanami69]

Just how much Silicon can one company push?

Re:Wrong Audience

[elefantstn]

Well, I was inebriated, and so naturally the topic changed to operating systems.

Just think about that for a minute.

Re:The error message when you start it the first t

[Colin Bayer]

More like...

o/~ Your FAT's corrupted, ain't no lie / Data, bye, bye, bye o/~

*Yawn*

[beefstu01]

Old news... You can find some more stuff at the Reg [theregister.co.uk]

I wonder if I can get the Carson Daily signiture edition...

Re:College students wont buy it

[FunkSoulBrother]

About 18 or 19 (college age) is about when even the dullest of college students are able to think for himself and develop his own tastes, instead of liking whatever is put infront of them... I say this, because, I don't know *any* college students (and I know alot being employed by a university) who watch MTV, infact I would say that most despise it. These are the same college students who were "sticking it to the man" on napster... MTV *is* the man.

You obviously didnt go to a Public University.

Oh and guess what, college students are chronically poor by definition.

Or a private one.