Yep... that first one is the style I be referring too. My old man had one for quite a while, Was a II/233 from memory. He thought it was the ducks nuts but I can't say I ever liked it from a styling perspective... the curves and the removable front never really did it for me. KInda reminded me of an obese lady in high heels and a miniskirt. :lol:
I guess styling is something that can't really be quantified tho, whether it be computers, cars or anything else... one man's trash is another man's come up. Hell, some people think the Citroen DS is a nice looking car! lol
I've always been a fan of really tall, flat-faced, minimalistic PC towers, with no less than 4 drive bays. The thing is in the days of old I'd use up 3 drive bays easily... with a DVD-RW, a DVD-ROM, a 5.25 FDD, and at one stage I even had a cartridge drive, so ugly blanks werent even really a concern. Nowadays I dont run the 5.25 or the cartridge drive anymore, however the blanks in my case are moulded to the same form as the front bezel, so it's still a nice neat looking unit. This is it... minus DVD drives cos i robbed it of one when the G3's one died and the DVD-ROM stopped working ages ago... lol
Speaking of neat looking units, I LOVE that all in one Compaq... I actually have one in my collection somewhere. I was always a fan of the earlier 486-era Compaq machines... pain in the ass for parts as they were still running proprietary boards, PSUs and cases long after everybody else (except Packard Bell) had adopted the AT standard, however they were cool, powerful-looking slick machines, and the towers were a sight to behold... they were massive!
Then you have those unfortunate looking... things... of the Pentium era.... yech