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2001年にNECから発売された『VALUESTAR NX simplem(シンプレム)』は、家庭向けの省スペースパソコン。当時のパソコンの中では極めてデザイン性の高いものだ。開発にはwater studioが携わっている。
今でこそ薄型で持ち運びの出来るパソコンは当たり前だが、当時としては画期的な商品であった。このsimplemは、現在のボードPCのケースモデルではないだろうか。
キーボードとマウスはワイヤレス。更に、パソコンの起動からインターネット接続までを自動で行なう“ワンタッチスタートボタン”やウェブブラウザ―を制御するボタンを装備した専用のリモートコントローラー“インターネットパッド”を搭載している。
家庭用ということから生活の様々なシーンに対応出来る様に、機能はもとよりそのデザインが一番の特徴。
現在売られているボードPCもそれなりに綺麗だが、simplem程あか抜けたデザインではない。
simplemの概念を継承?とまではいかないが、受け継いでいるのが画像の『VALUESTAR N シリーズ』。
当たり前だが、機能や性能は格段とアップしているし、simplemにあった操作上の煩わしさも解消はされている。だがデザインはどうだろう? シンプルではあるがどこか無機質で色気がない。
画像では分かりにくいが、モニターの上部裏側には持ち運び用の取っ手があり、そこには専用の小物入れを付ける事が出来る。持ち運ぶのにこの小物入れは邪魔だろう。余分な機能だ。あくまでもデスクトップとしてのパソコンだと思う。
パソコンはデザインこそ良くはなっているが、いつまでたってもデスクトップという操作スタイルは変わらない。その一番の原因はキーボードにある。タイプライターから始まった操作スタイルが21世紀になってもスタンダードとしてあり続けているのは可笑しい。慣れ親しんで使い易くなってしまったものにこそ、別のアプローチが必要となる。デスクトップのスタイルもいいかげん捨てて、早く次の段階へと進むべきだろう。
simplemはそうした従来のスタイルに縛られずに、早くから「生活の中でのパソコン」を考え、実践したモデルだ。市場に一つの風穴を空けたという点で非常に評価出来る。今でも大事に使っている愛好者も結構いるみたいだ。
だから現在のボードPCのデザインを見ていると、持ち運びが出来ることを売り文句にしていても、技術の高度化による結果のようにしか思えない。
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