The Strangest Computer Designs of the 2010s

It feels so weird hearing LGR talk about computers that I distinctly remember like they came out yesterday!

I was tapped as a design consulant for that HP Omen X 900. I had no clue they were going to charge that much when we were first sketching it up. Staggering. Our mission was to create a rivalry with Alienware, then use that new found direction to give the Omen line some momentum with the upcoming laptop and standard tower releases. Then it was to infitity, and then beyond, or so the executives thought. It was an exciting and interesting project. I learned a lot, mostly from the engineering team that HP paired us with. The admins on the project were great to work with as well. Essentially tossing me the keys and letting me drive for a few miles, they were open to anything it seemed. About the PC: I was strictly involved with component layout, air flow, chambers, and features. I had little to do with the spec of the system that was to be built inside of this monster including I/O. We were told it had to Zig where Alienware Zagged. A tall task considering how much longer Dell has been in the game. After many meetings and reviews, the crew and I finally got a demo to testdrive. It was fast, like any new upper teir PC at the time of its birth. However, there were some serious issues I and (reviews speak for themselves) many others had with the final product. The prototype was near perfect! I was so bummed to learn they had changed many aspects to save a few bucks. Another lesson learned. I wanted to keep the prototype when the job was done, building my daily driver into it. I am proud of the project, and consider myself lucky to have collaborated with such talented people. Bitter-sour-sweet was the day I found it for sale on a shelf at my local big box electronics store. Good times though, everything considered. If you made it this far... Thanks, just felt like sharing. Didn't even cross my mind that I might see Omen X on the list. When your algorithm works for you... thanks youtube haha. Great video, subscribed :)

The Floral Kiss makes a bit more sense when you compare it with the Japanese phone market, specially at the time It was always super gendered and the whole ultrabook aesthetic is really really close to flip phones and sumahos, including apps for scrapbooking and purikura

the irony is that floral kiss design is actually super sleek, minus the silly jewelry accents. i'd have definitely looked at getting one

It's so weird to see how many "weird computers" I've owned, built, modded, or seen in person. Thank you for all this wonderful content, Clint.

I applaud anyone doing unique, weird designs. PCs/Gaming can get boring, as much as I like industrial brushed aluminum. Also, it's almost like a rectangle box is the most efficient use of space or something lol

I remember so many of these. What a walk through the last decade.

The Cyberpower Trinity looks like a 90's scifi movie's idea of what a futuristic computer would look like.

I'm stuck in the 2010s

That Area 51 was ahead of its time. It could probably fit a 4090.

Wierd 2000’s Computers was the reason why i started watching this channel. Im glad you made a follow up!

The Open Labs Neko XXL was a portable studio that was sold in the early 2010s for $8,000. The computer used standardized parts so the Neko could be upgraded with newer components as time went on. Truly the embodiment of early 2000s design.

Even in the 2010s, ITX-standard motherboards were actively selling, so I heard a lot of concept PCs.

The Fujitsu Floral Kiss is the ultimate example of a product developed by committee

Feels oddly nostalgic to watch an LGR List video in this style i feel like there hasn’t been one in a long time 😊

That Apple "trash can" brings back memories and it has really nice small details like all of the connector labels being backlit. Though to save power the labels smoothly lit for certain period of time if you moved the unit. That worked really well with the shape of the machine as the shape made it easy to rotate to hide the cables and expose them when needed.

I love how companies try to "improve cooling" by cramming all of the hardware into obliquely shaped, closed-off furnaces that take up more space than a standard mid-tower PC.

I worked at HP and we had THE CUBE in our "gaming" room with two other Omen gaming desktops. It was a table that could accommodate 4 of the gaming desktops, but of course the cube took up all the space so we just had 3. It felt silly playing seated next to the giant cube towering over your head. Good times!

That Mac pro looks exactly like a black ceramic guitar slide I have. It has less processing power, but it was $3.

This is such a surreal video, seeing stuff I followed at launch being recapped in retrospect is wild. Like it's an age specific thing but feels wild to be looking back at stuff I watched the launch coverage for.