Intel shows off ‘Apple Mac mini-like’ concept PC design

“Intel on Wednesday showed off its living room PC of the future–and it looks a lot like the Mac Mini. As part of a speech at the Intel Developer Forum here, Vice President Don MacDonald demonstrated several concept PCs, including the Sleek Concept Entertainment PC–a square, metallic-colored device that was immediately reminiscent of the desktop computer Apple Computer introduced earlier this year,” Ina Fried reports for CNET News.

“It’s unlikely that Intel itself would build such a device. The chipmaker often uses its twice-yearly developer events to try to spur creativity among computer makers. Past efforts have seen PCs twisted into all sorts of shapes and even embedded in an Ottoman foot rest,” Fried reports. “An Apple representative declined to comment on Intel’s concept PC. Thus far, the concept PC is just a piece of plastic, literally, although its design showed a clock display and optical drive in front, with ports such as USB, optical audio and FireWire in the back.”

Full article, with more photos of the thing, here.

MacDailyNews Take: Apple leads. Wintel follows. As usual. The clock on the front of this fake Mac mini is reminiscent of the pure stupidity of the “Ottoman PC” – the all-time joke of Wintel concept “design.” Somewhere, right about now, Jonathan Ive and Steve Jobs are laughing their arses off.

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