Beige

unwashed potato! · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:05

just wondering why the heck all the old computer stuff, anything indfact to do computers be it, mice, keyboards, headsets, monitors, even the power plug IIRC was beige? It looks so so ugly and is very very easy to get dirt on (found out when cleaning tonight in some offices) and the sun makes it change to an even worse colour once exposed for a few months.

Kerplunk · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:12

No, but seriously, its a very interesting question. I shall flag this thread.

yermum · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:15

I remember clearly the horrible way that things like the mouse showed usage marks. It always used to gross me out, that disgusting brown 'ring' mark that wouldn't come off no matter what you cleaned it with.

Raymond Lin · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:17

It was a stylish colour in the late 70's when Apple first made a home computer.

unwashed potato! · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:18

yermum said:
I remember clearly the horrible way that things like the mouse showed usage marks. It always used to gross me out, that disgusting brown 'ring' mark that wouldn't come off no matter what you cleaned it with.

i know what you mean Grose! i have to clean offices in evening and man are there some sweety people wirth dirty hands, the mice shine with dirt at the end of the day

also happy 500th post mum

Zefan · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:20

Kerplunk said:
IMG

LMFFAAAAOOOO

LoadsaMoney · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:30

The care bears rocked.

4ndy89 · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:34

Surely there must have been a reason for the colour of computers back then?

As i remember you never used to see another colour apart from beige, wonder if this was something to do with cost maybe?

Heofz · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:36

I'm sure 20 years from now everyone will be asking why everyone liked how apple hardware was all baby-white

unwashed potato! · 10 Oct 2006 at 21:41

Heofz said:
I'm sure 20 years from now everyone will be asking why everyone liked how apple hardware was all baby-white

and most other sutff is black, well atleast for me it is. everything i have is black in my room that is powered. my mobile, the charger, any power cables, monitor, speakers, remotes, and cable except interent, tv, dvd, fan. all things these days have turned black which IMO ios much nicer then beige though it does show dust and finger prints on the shiny black very easily

Brizzles · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:17

It was pre - retro ?

DJMK4 · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:24

mrdbristol said:
It was pre - retro ?

Beige is the new blue maaaaannnn

branddaly · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:34

Nah, just looked, my speccy is still black. You just owned some terrible unstylish kit over they years.

BurningHorizons · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:35

[Sniper][Wolf] said:
Beige is the new blue maaaaannnn

Correct, just look at the XBox360.

Brizzles · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:42

It is a well know fact , that in the late seventies beige was considered cool.

This was used by early overclockers as a means to reduce case temperatures.

The link to Wiki is down, but trust me on this one.

Kerplunk · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:45

mrdbristol said:
The link to Wiki is down, but trust me on this one.

This one?

Tesla · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:49

OLD = BEIGE

Just look at what your Grandparents wear.

Brizzles · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:55

Kerplunk said:
This one?

Sorry, my 28k modem link had gone down, I'm saving up for that beauty.

JayMax · 10 Oct 2006 at 22:57

Beige might return...
tv/hifi gear swaps between black and silver (ok titanium & champagne) every decade or so.
I can see beige pc's being retro cool in 5 years time

(This post was typed on my Commodore PET)

Cybermyk · 10 Oct 2006 at 23:12

I'm remembering office interiors when computers were first introduced into ICI finance (AT's and XT's). Magnolia walls, wooden desks with beige/wooden cabinets and curtains. The only white was the ceiling.