Update regarding the cases (and some other things)


I'd say a month is a bit short, even if you're down to get a prototype. Late birthday pressie for sure I reckon.
If we can have almost any color we want, I would like beige.
You can have any colour you want if you can find 100 people who share that preference. I suspect for beige you might be okay - provided it's a nice beige I might want to join you, at least for a second case.
 
Some ideas:

1. The translucid case could be red tained.
Explanation: The whole theme of the pyra is obviously red. As the translucid GameBoy that was posted here was purple tained whatever translucid case is produced it could also have some light color to give it some stronger identity.

With respect to your affinity for red, the vast majority of folks seem to prefer something in the grey/black realm or clear like the prototypes. I would be happy with either of these, but when we start getting into colors, then the $600+ dollar Linux portable computer I'm funding starts to feel like a dated toy and I'm not really interested at that point.

ED seems extremely resilient and capable but there have been so many unforeseen bumps for Pyra just like the original Pandora. I'd really rather not complicate the first batch with a ton of different colors and crowd funding processes. That all has to be organized by ED. He has to get samples from the company, put them up for polls, etc.

Grey/black and clear seem like the common sense plan for the first 1000. I'd be ok with either, and if I had to choose, would pick clear.
 
I wouldn't want a pink one myself. I rather suspect that ED could sell a fair few of them if he had them made though. :)
my daughter loved the pastel pink renders...

What ever the initial color... we can swap out later... so add, i dunno, red nubs on a gray and black box...
 
Maybe (dark) red, too? I can point to some polls if would help convince you. Or we can have a new one. :p

My top choices are still dark grey and dark red, with clear right behind those of the popular options.

Extreme Green (translucent yellow-green) and translucent black are amongst colours I would like most, however those don't seem popular, and they would probably be difficult to get right. Just imagine combining those case pieces! Of course beige and pink popped up again in this thread, and if they are the right shades I can get behind those.

I am thinking a black case, with green keyboard glow/backlights and a black/green theme in debian. If I get bored, maybe do a Red/Black or blue/black with the keyboard and theme.
 
You can have any colour you want if you can find 100 people who share that preference. I suspect for beige you might be okay - provided it's a nice beige I might want to join you, at least for a second case.
I might enjoy beige as my first or only case just because of what it represents to me (or us). Even better if kids think it is ugly or some stupid ancient device.

I am thinking a black case, with green keyboard glow/backlights and a black/green theme in debian. If I get bored, maybe do a Red/Black or blue/black with the keyboard and theme.
It would be a headache for me if I were trying to swap all those keyboard LEDs, plus the secondary labels might be hard to see. Still, I like both green and red for the keyboard.
[doublepost=1494707431,1494707298][/doublepost]I just had a thought: if we get beige cases hipsters might want to get Pyras...
 
Beige with a brown inner lid, battery cover and stylus!
Or black with dark red inner lid, battery cover and stylus... Or blue and yellow, or.. red and grey, or.... or....or....

I'll buy a 2nd case....
 
A year or two ago i saw the red update of the pandora on the website and fell in love. So a dark red case would be relly nice.

For a min of 100 at 1050 preoders, it should be possible to offer 4-6 colors
250 black
250 grey
200 clear
150 red
100 green?
100 white?

Or something like this. Time for a new poll?
 
I am thinking a black case, with green keyboard glow/backlights and a black/green theme in debian. If I get bored, maybe do a Red/Black or blue/black with the keyboard and theme.
To begin with as @rygD already said, you'd need to swap the keyboard LEDs since they're all white LEDs at present. Also, a pure green backlight might make distinguishing between the white legends and the orange legends - they'd appear as the same colour, just the orange fn-key operations somewhat dimmer.
 
Isn't that a good thing?
I think so, based only on increased sales to them. It could give it a bad reputation (reducing sales to those that would otherwise want one for real use (work), or that truly appreciate it for gaming), though, and I would rather not deal with people here that only bought a Pyra because they think it is dumb and have one ironically or however that shit works.


A year or two ago i saw the red update of the pandora on the website and fell in love. So a dark red case would be relly nice.

For a min of 100 at 1050 preoders, it should be possible to offer 4-6 colors
250 black
250 grey
200 clear
150 red
100 green?
100 white?

Or something like this. Time for a new poll?
I think that might be a bit too many to start with. It sounds like ED is considering doing black/dark grey and clear. Honestly, that is more than enough choices (better than just black), however we all want our favorite color. If he is willing to do a third color from the beginning it should probably be dark red, based on past polls, or whatever ED's favorite color is (blue?). 4 seems like it would be pushing it (what if no one buys one of the colors and he gets stuck with 250 cases in a color no one wants?) and 6 would probably be wasted money at this point. He does know what colors of other products he sells are most popular, and he has seen the polls here and our comments. I would like him to maybe make an official poll for the fun choice, or a second one if clear is something he will definitely do. With him making the poll we don't get weird choices that only one or two people like, and the options are based on his shop experience and knowledge of what is available from the case company and France. People will complain about the poll no matter what, so it will be like a gift if he lets us pick another launch color.


What has the best heat-transfer properties?
Supposedly adding glass-fiber helps.
What the hell are you planning to do with this thing that the possible extremely minor benefit of the case color's ability to shed heat will matter? Just sit outside with it. ;) BTW, what are your highs and lows like there at this time of the year?
 
It would be a headache for me if I were trying to swap all those keyboard LEDs, plus the secondary labels might be hard to see. Still, I like both green and red for the keyboard.

If I remember correctly the leds (including the keyboard leds) are able to be any color.

Edit: Did a search, looks like I was wrong. Poopy... Seems like others thought the same as I did though.
 
Keyboard LEDs are white. Logo and indicator LEDs are the multicolored ones. ED confirmed this way back.
 
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