Never seen a case made out of carbon fibre/kevlar titanium magnesium beryllium (need to be a little careful with this!) stone with pespex, aluminium and steel cases now the norm, will one of these be the next frontier for those looking for a unique case? I'd like an anodized beryllium case... 1/3 of the weight of aluminium, stronger, and hell of a lot more expensive. Also quite dangerous to manufacture, but what the hell it would be cool!
saw this on [H] yesterday ... transparent aluminium .... imagine being able to see both sides of the mobo thru yer case, and the top, and the little dvd spinnin .... </dream>
the reason its either a) too expensive b) too difficult to manufacture. alu/steel/perspex are relativly cheap and easy materials to work with (as is wood) which is why they are used altho a titanium cse would be mighty cool
The NeXT cubes were magnesium alloy, and you can still buy them on the aftermarket. Check out the badass one that ColdDog is modding: http://www.pheatonforums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=137 It starts to get good around page 3 as I recall.
