Want a true desktop? Just put your computer on your table and have it face sideways. Put some protector pads under it and VA LA!
>desktop implies horizontalit doesn't.
>>107623527Desk topOn top of a desk because as the name implies: desktop. Not floortop or undertable bottom. DESKTOP. ON TOP OF A DESK. It is a natural evolution of the old computers that had the screen on top of it, integrated with keyboard too, with only the mouse as a loose accessory.DESKTOP DAMMIT
just use m4 mac mini
>>107623546It can be on the desk and standing upright you utter retard.
>>107623511>VA LA
>>107623511>VA LA!its spelled viola
>>107623511>VA LAit's spelled WA-LA, retard
>>107623546desktop refers to the monitor, not to the box
>>107623527So you can use it as a platform for your tiny CRT monitor.
There was something about the ads of the time that really made you envy a computer, even if it's just to play Sierra games or type your high school essays.
>>107623511>va laoù, soit plus précis
>>107626945I think the reason is that the beige boxes were designed to look niceNowadays the case goes under the table where you never look at it, so it's not designed to be sexy anymore
>>107626983part of this, other part being that corporations don't sell desktops or towers like they did back in the 80s and 90s. a lot of people now just build their own.
>>107623511I don’t miss having to move my monitor to get inside my computer
