My laptop is, well, a Fashion Hobo. When I bought it, its sleek black-and-silver form coupled with a brand-new sound system was the pride of my desk! 4 years, 23,491 essays and one unfortunate encounter with a Russian textbook later, it definitely falls under the euphemism “grunge chic”. To be blunt, it has all the style of a Birkenstock-style combat boot.
If I were a girl, the logical next step would be to buy the newest HP laptop, by … Vivienne Tam?? While some doubtlessly wonder at the audacity of a technology company in their commissioning a laptop designed by a fashion designer (or, for that matter, vice-versa), more enlightened folk saw this one coming a mile away. In its bid to reposition itself as a stylish, sleek and formidable Sony Vaio-defying entity, HP is taking the design of its laptops to a whole new level. While more tech-oriented individuals may argue the subtle benefits of a Sony over an HP, there is no denying that the latter no comes with a much sleeker, more stylish look. This is no small feat, given that the Vaio (along with the iBook) is one of the nicer-looking laptops out there.