Hip-e All-In-One PC 413
stallard writes "Yahoo! News reports this story:
'In November, Digital Lifestyles Group Inc. plans to ship the
hip-e, a new Windows-based PC inspired by the iMac, specifically designed to cater to teenagers. It was Chairman and CEO Kent Savage's own experience after his son asked him for an iMac that led to the new all-in-one system's creation.'"
Wait... (Score:3, Funny)
Little Red Wagon. (Score:5, Funny)
Kind of like the dad who goes out to the workshop and whips something up, instead of going to the toy store.
Perfect for me! (Score:5, Funny)
Any teenager who doesn't have one of these is a total square, if you ask me.
Must....resist... (Score:5, Funny)
It's spelled "Hype" actually...
Re:Specs? (Score:5, Funny)
If anybody wants me, I'll be outside watching fire rain from the sky and the seas turn to blood...
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Right on, Daddy-o! (Score:4, Funny)
I can hardly wait for the Hip-E Univeral Music Store - HUMS.
Gip-e (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, only... (Score:3, Funny)
"Here son, you'll love the new Nikee Aerial Jordanians! Look, they even have little mermaids on the heels. And only$200 a shoe! They must be good."
"You start high-school tomorrow, I just know they'll be perfect for your first day there".
Internet Hotkeys (Score:3, Funny)
With the wireless keyboard and Internet hot keys, you can go to your favorite places on the Web from anywhere in your room.
Whoa! Internet hotkeys! Sign me up!
Are there any better pictures? This thing looks fairly rickety and cumbersome to set up or move around. It's not exactly elegant looking.
But wait! (Score:5, Funny)
Buy your hip-e now and you get to join their hip-e squad! [hip-e.com] as a squad leader!! If your friends join your hip-e squad and buy a hip-e of their own, you get $10!!!!
Of course, all of the money goes into a convenient MasterCard that you get from hip-e, just in time to teach those teens the value of living your life with a credit card bill!!
Become a squad leader! All your base are belong to hip-e squad leaders!
Should have called it the... (Score:2, Funny)
They should have called that thing the FUGL-E because it is fuckin' ugly!
My head is full of silly analogies (Score:4, Funny)
Seriously, what does this computer do, transform into a bug or something? Why does it look like that? It looks like it should be hanging down into the crib of a deranged infant. Or something.
"It's everything you want in a computer..." Huh. Yeah.
wow (Score:2, Funny)
2 things:
1) I hope it's successfull
2) when it fails, I can't wait to get one surplus!
Re:Little Red Wagon. (Score:5, Funny)
On the other hand, his son probably stopped asking for anything once the homemade 'iMac' showed up in the living room.
Re:ripoff (Score:5, Funny)
i can make a MUCH better computer for that price.
Sure, but it won't have anywhere near as big a profit margin!
Re:ripoff (Score:2, Funny)
Ah, but can you make it look X-TREME and/or TOTALLY HIP? [xmission.com]
Testimonials... (Score:5, Funny)
Ben, 16
(Ben obviously hasn't gotten laid yet).
"hip-e is the fastest, most customizable computer on the market.It's perfect for me because I can make it fit my style."
Sean, 16
(Sean obviously hasn't checked out the specs of his perfect machine.)
Could have other uses... (Score:3, Funny)
Uh, Oh! Buddys Buddy in trouble! Let's Roll!
Two Comments (Score:3, Funny)
Second: Am I the only one who read the article as
Because "crater" is exactly what it's going to do in the market at this price. For $1700, you could buy a 1.8-GHz iMac -- unquestionably faster, even without considering the benefits of the G5 CPU -- and have $200 in change left over to spend on goodies.
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IT'S ON THE WALL! 0MFG (Score:1, Funny)
10 year old: "no thank you" (Score:3, Funny)
If I was 17 (sigh...) I would certainly not want be caught dead with this thing in my room.
I showed this to my 2 grandkids: ages 9&10 (and yes those are their real names...)
"You aren't going to get us that for Christmas are you?" they said.
Me: "why not"
Them: (eyes roll as they leave the room)
10:"it is so Gay!"
9:"Duh!"
10: "Don't agree with me, I'm gonna kick your ass!"
9: "no I'm gonna kick YOURS!"
(much fakey Kung Fu ensues...)
Well, I guess they aren't really the target audience anyways., sorry, Off-topic
Re:Specs? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Specs? (Score:5, Funny)
marching band (Score:3, Funny)
WTF?
I missed out
Word of advice (Score:3, Funny)
But actual Hippies might like it. (Score:3, Funny)
Fitting Name (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Keep reading, it gerts worse.... (Score:2, Funny)
This news is a week to late! (Score:5, Funny)
I just spent $1,400.00 on a 1.6 GHz G5 iMac with 512Mb RAM and bluetooth keyboard and mouse running a robust BSD-based Unix operating system for my son when I could have spent $1700 on a 1.5 GHz WinTel Box?!?
Think of all the "Life Lessons" my son will miss out on with his Mac. He won't be exposed to all those viruses, and spy-ware programs - how will he ever learn to properly secure his computer system in the "real World"?
He won't have the experience of paying annual subscription fees to Virus vendors to keep his virus software up to date. He won't be hit with pornographic pop-ups left and right, so how will he be prepared when he sits down at a friends computer or a computer at work and surfs on their Windows Box?
He won't have the experience of re-installing his OS every time he needs to really clean the spy-ware and mal-ware off his box.
He won't know how to search for and install drivers for all his peripherals. Not to mention knowing how to go through the troubleshooting process of determining which software package just overwrote that all-important .dll or how to edit a registry.
He'll might learn the bash shell and vi and ssh and scp and how to tweak apache config file to do what he wants instead of learning DOS commands and how to use TweakUI.
His computer will never be able to be used on a "Windows" network or on the internet because "Macs aren't networkable" (according to the "geek" at our local computer store)
If only I'd have known about this Hip-e sooner. Well, maybe one of his friends will have pity on him and let him use theirs when he visits - anyone want a G5 iMac cheap?
Misleading advertising..... (Score:2, Funny)
As much as the average 16 year old wants to "score," computers will not get you laid. Just ask the average slashdotter!
Re:Specs? (Score:2, Funny)
Not even close to iMac - this is Alienware Lite (Score:3, Funny)
The market's flooded with people building "hip" PCs in their garages. I wish this guy luck, but I don't expect they'll be around in a year without a MAJOR response or some good ol' 90s-style VC.
Re:comes with an "ipod" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Talk about a pissed teenager (Score:2, Funny)
Yep...just like when I was little, I asked for Transformers, and got GoBots. Some things, a kid never forgets.
Re:Ripoff indeed (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Specs? (Score:3, Funny)
Which of the Internets do you mean?
Re:these are the folks who created the iOpener (Score:2, Funny)
I get it now (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:1, Funny)