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| Shuttle SB75S If Looks Could Kill | |
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(Review by MS, April 12, 2004) |
Summary
Take an extablished concept, hand it over to a top designer and use only the best components and what you get is a jewel in the cracker-jack box of common hardware. The concept in this case is the XPC, the design and manufacturing part is done by Soldan (Japan), the paint job uses the ultra-expensive mother-of pearl automotive enamel and the result is Shuttle's latest Limited Edition dubbed the SB75S.
If looks could kill, they probably will -- in games without frontier in the XPC world
A few days ago, the venerable Scott Wasson, owner of Tech-Report, claimed that, in case of a fire, he would abandon his cats, dogs, goldfish and even children to tuck underneath his arm the one priceless possession of his life to be rescued from Damage Labs. Later, he confessed: “I was like a pig in mud”. Intriguingly, this story was posted one day before April’s fools day. So what was the object of desire Scott succumbed to?
Elegance or plain vanilla?
Enter the Shuttle SB75S: The –S denominates a limited edition XPC that is a joint venture between Shuttle and the Japanese case manufacturer Soldam – famous for some of the most unique and high quality case designs money can buy. Subtle is the word that probably describes the SB75S design best. Everybody is moving away from the beige boxes towards more or less aggressively-styled exteriors but are those elegant or is it just the novelty and the outdoing of each other’s design that makes the current cases reminiscent of the automotive designs in the 1950’ies. I have seen more than one Ford Edsel equivalent amongst the cases out there that may become collector’s items at one point in the future but let’s face it, there is still a difference between a car and a disposable product like a computer enclosure.
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Here is where the SB75S has its own idiosyncrasy. At first glance, it looks like its is just another überplain beige box, scaled down to the size of an XPC with a slightly wider base. That is, the SB75S is, in fact, 20 mm wider than the rest of the XPC family, mostly to allow for more breathing room for any high-end graphics cards but that is not what makes the S series the S series.
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