Gateway also had a rather interesting all-in-one, that looked like a somewhat thick LCD monitor with a large foot. The foot contained part of the connectors and the power supply, the LCD monitor was installed in an extra-thick housing that held the actual computer, which included floppy and CD-ROM and IIRC 1 or 2 expansion slots.

Going back to the 1980s, Japan had some rather interesting stuff, such various all in ones that included a printer or that gave a more desktop-like user experience, e.g.

Epson PC-286LP
Epson PC-286LS

There's also the whole category of Office Assistant machines, basically chunky desktop PDA's used by secretaries or small businesses that had limited software and an integrated printer.

My favorite machines for basic tasks are the HP line of USFF that use a laptop style powersupply, laptop ram, late core2's or newer and 2.5inch optical/ storage bays. The integrated graphics work great for basic web browsing/games, whatever. Super light, portable, amazing connectivity with HDMI, usb of the ying-yang, and just enough cpu/gpu power to be truly enjoyable. Ya swap an SSD in place of a mechanical drive and they just get more fun to use! Also the weight is minuscule.

I remember when those Compaq all-in-ones were around, they were a total Mac Classic ripoff but looked a lot more useful with a 14" color monitor and at least some x86-ecosystem expandability. I wish they'd put a lift handle on top.

yawetaG wrote:

Going back to the 1980s, Japan had some rather interesting stuff, such various all in ones that included a printer or that gave a more desktop-like user experience, e.g.

Epson PC-286LP
Epson PC-286LS

I really like this style of laptop too, some of them even had ISA slots. I don't know why in hell anyone thought they needed to build in a printer though. If someone had done a 486 or pentium in that format with VGA and ISA I'd be a happy man.

I did have an Atari STacy briefly at one point. Unfortunately it never worked. They were fragile machines.

Intel MDX 430 - another strange looking "PC".
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