For a couple of years, the laptop manufacturers have produced designer exteriors for their laptops and are now continuing this with the netbooks (see the HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition). This make an already attractive item into something quite special and helps to differentiate it from the other devices on the market and provides a little exclusivity.
Google were quick to pick up on this with the designer banners available for iGoogle.
What I'm keen to see is the Linux desktop community - particularly those working on netbook remix projects - to be developing intefaces with input from designers from outside the Linux community. In my opinion there is an opportunity for some very attractive interface work to be done, leading to unique distributions with the added desireability of a designer netbook-optimised interface. If anyone is working on this kind of project and wants t drop me a line ...
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