Girl Gear Pink Computer Equipment....

[aaron d]

I think it's silly that pink is STILL a "girl" colour.

I would love to own a pink filco majestouch, some would laugh im sure, but
those same people probably use logitech garbage.

My previous computer desk was pink (IKEA!).

I wear pink shirts too.

Pink rocks.

On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Colin McGregor <colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> wrote:
> > In other words, I can see a VERY tiny, tiny market for pink keyboards,
> > mice, etc... right? Sort of strikes me as being like the 1955 Dodge La
> > Femme (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_La_Femme), a 1950's take on a
> > "women's" car (the results even by the standards of the era were ...
> > ghastly)...
>
> Elvis had a pink Cadillac...
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis'_Pink_Cadillac>
>
> There's the indirect observation you may have made, that Mary Kay
> Cosmetics would issue top sales folk with pink Cadillacs.  Of course,
> there's a world of difference between:
> a) A rather expensive automobile, in somewhat garish colour, issued to
> prominent, accomplished people.  (That you and I don't care to buy
> cosmetics from them doesn't contradict that, in their own arena of
> endeavour, they're prominent and accomplished.)
> b) A $12 keyboard, that mostly demonstrates an interest in "tack."
>
> The only reason I imagine Tech Direct has them is that they could get
> them super-cheap from some supplier that discovered that they don't
> sell well.
>
> On the other hand, there's the "Hello, Kitty" AK47 :-).
> <http://www.glamguns.com/hk47.html> and My Little Carbine
> <http://www.glamguns.com/mylittleponycarbine.html>
>
> :-)
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