Asus Designers Have Really Great Ideas
The Asus Nova P22, a newish Mac mini-esque PC, features what CNET dubs an “attractive” design. I completely disagree. Not only is this thing downright ugly and the furthest thing from being what I would call attractive, it features very odd design choices. The big one is a piece of plastic that juts out from its right side. To me, it initially looked like a pen holder. Bizarrely enough though, it turns that it is indeed a pen holder. Are you kidding me? What computer user has ever said, gee, the one thing this machine really needs is a pen holder hanging off the side of its case.
Aesthetics aside, the P22 is pricier, physically larger and heavier than the Mac mini. It also got dusted by the mini in each of CNET’s performance tests. Perhaps a 2.0 version will improve in these areas, as well as maybe add in a paperclip tray or Post-it note dispenser.