and the answer to that question is obviously yes, there must be a market for intel boxes that look groovy. i was just thinking that even the sun server we have at work has a certain grooviness to it’s look and then wandered over to sgi who have long been reknowned for making funky looking unix boxes to see what their cases looked like these days. i discovered that they now make rather nice looking intel boxes too. i suspect “contact a sales rep for prices” means i can’t afford one. never mind.