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I'd have to go with the wood grain Atari 2600, I'm a sucker for 70's designed electronics.

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[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Dreamcast and the first Playstation.

For pure old school retro it would be the old Compaq suitcase-sized laptop PC.

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[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

One more vote with OP. That Atari is a nice looking machine.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Technically neither a console nor a PC (in the IBM-compatible sense), but the Commodore PET has a certain kind of 70s futurism about it.

Note the integrated tape deck for all your storage needs.

The keyboard pictured, while interesting looking, is a complete POS. Later PETs had a more usable keyboard with a better layout.

Edit: I don't think that red button at the bottom right is stock. It's almost certainly a hardware reset button, which on the Commodore machines is typically done by shorting a couple pins on a user expansion port.

[–] bufalo1973@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

The Atari Portfolio (the one John Connors uses in Terminator 2) or the ST Book.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Original sony playstation. I don't know why, i just love it

[–] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I think I preferred the design of the ps2, personally.

[–] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I love that one too

[–] SpiceDealer@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Console: Sega Dreamcast

PC: Any IBM beige box from the 90s

[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Damn, wood. Or wood-looking material at least.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 4 months ago

I like the woodgrain look, but I don't think the Atari 2600 is a very good example of it. Lots of audio equipment from the time does it better. Especially when combined with brushed aluminum or stainless steel.

Purple GameCubes are retro now, so I'll go with that as my favorite.

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