Whimsy on a Child's Desk With Signature Mouse Ears (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/05/technology/circuits/05disn.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1091747909-DvdSMVLPjUaD/yvX0z6jSw) --


Disney enters PC market with machines designed for kids. NY Times, 8/4/03

Disney has announced its foray into the PC hardware market with the "Disney Dream Desk PC," a mouse-shaped computer targeted towards children 5 to 12 years old.
The semicircles atop the blue-and-yellow monitor are instantly recognizable as the ears familiar to children everywhere. (Cleverly, they also function as stereo speakers.) Beneath is a standard Windows XP computer equipped with a Celeron D 2.66-gigahertz processor, a 40-gigabyte hard drive and 256 megabytes of RAM. The unit is expected to retail for $599 Dream Desk PC, and will available through the disney.com Web site beginning August 12. Those wishing to see it in person can visit CompUSA beginning mid-September.

I just got an e-mail for this...it said $900. I must've missed something. I wonder how it went from $599 to $900!

It looks cute, but they need to make a black one for adults and a red one for girls.

The $599 price seemed awfully low to me in the original post. I wonder if that is a price without a monitor.

-Jeff

Sorry, my bad, it's $950!

However, you do get a $200 online giftcard if you pre-order now.

it went from the $500 price to the $900 because the original reports said that you could additionaly purchase the monitor...
The $950 includes the monitor.
(and the printer, and the .. and the...)

I just saw this in Thursday's WSJ (I'm behind in my reading).

And according to money.cnn.com (http://money.cnn.com/2004/08/05/news/newsmakers/disney_ceo.reut/) ...

"The Dream Desk will cost $599. A separate 14-inch LCD display with built-in Mickey Mouse ear speakers will cost an additional $299. The PC will be sold at CompUSA stores and Disney's online store. "

Prices will probably wander around a bit after Christmas, I'd guess. ;)

"The Dream Desk will cost $599. A separate 14-inch LCD display with built-in Mickey Mouse ear speakers will cost an additional $299.

So, wouldn't buying the CPU without the monitor defeat the purpose of having a Mickey computer since the Mickey ears are on the monitor?! :rolleyes: Maybe the ears could be attached onto your own monitor?...just grabbing at straws here....

So, wouldn't buying the CPU without the monitor defeat the purpose of having a Mickey computer since the Mickey ears are on the monitor?! :rolleyes: Maybe the ears could be attached onto your own monitor?...just grabbing at straws here....

Well, one must be color coordinated, of course :D

You're right - many would probably go for just the monitor/speakers.

I did notice that the pc maker is a veryh highly rated manufacturer, so if I needed a new PC, I would certainly consider this one. We'll have to see how it looks in the store.