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Prius Desktop Computer!

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by maf, Oct 23, 2005.

  1. maf

    maf Junior Member

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    Here's something odd I saw in an electronics store in Japan last week.
    Hitachi make a desktop computer with the brand-name "Prius".




    [Broken External Image]:http://www.goat.demon.co.uk/prius_computer.jpg


    Maf
     
    #1 maf, Oct 23, 2005
  2. maggieddd

    maggieddd Senior Member

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    Yes, I've seen them too, I thought that was funny. At first I thought I would be able to get some Prius accessories, but then I realized that I was just in an electronics store, an even thought I was blown away by what I could buy there, I realized that Prius specific accessories were highly unlikely
     
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  3. DaveinOlyWA

    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    ok try posting pix again. i see nothing
     
    #3 DaveinOlyWA, Oct 23, 2005
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    Pic came out fine for me under the text but you have to be patient and give it a few seconds.
    Nice pic - worth waiting for! :) :rolleyes:
     
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  5. inventor00

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    Yes if you search on the Yahoo Japan Auction site you get tons of the Hitachi Prius..
    Always looking for Prius toys...
     
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    There is also a Prius fishing reel made by Shakespeare.
     
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    DaveinOlyWA 3rd Time was Solariffic!!

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    ok i see it now. wow... nice screen... wonder how big? if it was just released in japan we will "only" have to wait 3 or 4 years to see it here
     
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  8. maggieddd

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    I think they've been around for quite a while now
     
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    Does Hitachi even sell PC's in the US?

    EDIT: I quoted the wrong person
     
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  10. maggieddd

    maggieddd Senior Member

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    I do not know
     
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    Looks like an Apple eMac/iMac knock-off to me.
     
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    Here is the site for it (I noticed the URL in the photo above). http://prius.hitachi.co.jp

    I think once Apple throws in a Pentium chip (or 2) the i-Mac will rule over this.
     
    #12 aka007ii, Oct 23, 2005
  13. maggieddd

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    but this post was not about who will rule over whom, or who makes/will make better computers. It was just about the fact that there is a computer called Prius. Why do we always have to jump and compare things to something else known to us and speculate that it is/might be better? Are we trying to show some kind of superiority? Why?
     
    #13 maggieddd, Oct 24, 2005
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