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Posted Monday, August 19, 2024 · 1:45 pm ET

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“your computer would run faster if it were painted red”

Arlington Heights Daily Herald, January 26, 1998

Black and white newspaper photograph of two people leaning on late 1990s computers, one of which appears to be painted with stripes. Caption: “Paint it red” Stuart MacNee and Diana Goldman pose with terminals and hard drives at their computer decorating business, Eclipse designs, in San Francisco. The company customizes personal computers by painting them with bright colors. They turned the joke, "your computer would run faster if it were painted red," into a blossoming business

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