Video: Hands-on with the GMC Bulldozer R4 computer case

We don't typically get worked up for over-the-counter, computer cases. The we stumbled upon the Bulldozer R4. If we were a 92-mm case fan we'd totally tap this. If you're wondering what those little pneumatic arms are for then check the video after the break -- a place where surreal overkill and CeBIT come to meet.

[Puneet @ Mar 4th 2008 2:48PM]

tits

[zed @ Mar 4th 2008 3:25PM]

i know what u mean

[Ayman @ Mar 4th 2008 4:40PM]

Dam!! if you didnt mention it i would have never have guessed it.
also i would like to the GMC for never giving up in making ridiculous sized products... can't wait if they are going to make a Laptop or a mobile phone or a mobile phone the size of a laptop :P (i know silly)

[FlamingGhost @ Mar 4th 2008 6:36PM]

they look stupid. cheap. american. plactic.

[Jeff @ Mar 4th 2008 7:30PM]

fugly tits

[Tits @ Mar 4th 2008 7:53PM]

What do you want? im listening...

[Yami @ Mar 4th 2008 2:48PM]

This case scares me.

[ScareyJ @ Mar 4th 2008 3:08PM]

It would make me feel like I'm about to be kicked by a transformer's leg.

* but its definitely cooler than the cases I'm sporting here.

[Nick @ Mar 4th 2008 4:05PM]

after seeing this case and then the Asus gaming machine(http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/eyes-on-asus-first-gaming-desktop-ares-cg6150/) that looks like optimus primes head, i think its fair to say that the case designers definately need to stop watching Michael Bay's Transformers.

[BradStar @ Mar 5th 2008 4:15PM]

It looks for all the world like an alien coffeemaker... does anyone else see that?

[patsy @ Mar 4th 2008 2:48PM]

When I first saw the headline and picture, I immediately thought "General Motors garbage truck." But computer case?!

[Jordan @ Mar 4th 2008 2:51PM]

I was thinking along the lines of sci-fi from the 60s...

GGGHHHEEEEYYYYYYY

[Jeremy K. @ Mar 4th 2008 2:53PM]

lol... Garbage Truck Chic

[Mark Galvan @ Mar 4th 2008 6:04PM]

Actually I don't think this has anything to do with General Motors since it's a Korean PC Case company who made it - gmc.co.kr

[Shadowise @ Mar 4th 2008 2:49PM]

Probably not the most useful feature if the case is under a desk.

[patsy @ Mar 4th 2008 2:50PM]

> If you're wondering what those little pneumatic arms are for then check the video after the break

I did, and they are for...nothing! Nothing at all, except looks.

[Casper42 @ Mar 4th 2008 4:10PM]

Actually they seem to be more spring loaded than anything else. They close that heavy front door when the CD tray is pulled into the machine.

I think they could have easily done this with springs and not some funky pneumatic-looking shocks, but then it wouldn't be quite as fugly now would it?

[low tech @ Mar 4th 2008 10:55PM]

The pneumatic arms they do nothing.

[JayKeaton @ Mar 5th 2008 7:16PM]

"The goggles, zey do nothing!" Hehehehe

[Cal @ Mar 4th 2008 2:52PM]

Damn... And I thought the NZXT Guardian was fugly...

[MashupMark.com @ Mar 4th 2008 3:08PM]

Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army! Toon Army!

Nice to see a fellow Geordie boy on a massive American site! ;)

[Cal @ Mar 4th 2008 3:12PM]

There are other Geordies on engadget =O

Hmm I wonder how many people are confused now...

[Dan @ Mar 4th 2008 3:28PM]

At least one.

[Mike @ Mar 4th 2008 3:34PM]

Newcastle_upon_Tyne

[Reader @ Mar 4th 2008 3:43PM]

The only 'Geordie boy' I know of is Geordie La Forge.

[George Kirkaldie @ Mar 4th 2008 3:45PM]

Nah, I understand... Now if only we can get you guys to speak English... or Scottish even... First time I met a Geordie, I just couldn't understand a word.

Newcastle has the most concentration of bars and nightclubs I hear, I thinks it'd be a nice place to spend a night out.

[Alex R @ Mar 4th 2008 4:11PM]

I live between newcastle and Sunderland. Boo-yah!

[Iain @ Mar 4th 2008 4:21PM]

Actually, of all places, York is purported to have the highest numbers of licensed establishments per capita - there's supposedly 365 of them inside the old city walls (which are a fair bit smaller than York is in total).

[Shane @ Mar 4th 2008 9:04PM]

Mackems FTW!

[Bobfantastic @ Mar 4th 2008 2:54PM]

Christ, now that's one manly computer case!

[futurepastnow @ Mar 4th 2008 2:55PM]

Wow, that's so ugly it's kind of cool.

[jmsbar @ Mar 4th 2008 2:56PM]

Looks like it should be called the "GMC dust-catcher". I could never keep this thing clean.

[kelvlam @ Mar 4th 2008 2:56PM]

WOH. I'm afraid the disc gonna fall outta the tray :-p

[monkfishbandana @ Mar 4th 2008 6:13PM]

Does anybody know if this thing actually reads the discs, or does it just do that with them?

[ijyt @ Mar 4th 2008 2:57PM]

I prefer the Asus Cylon.

[aaron @ Mar 4th 2008 2:57PM]

Where I am from, to "tap" something you lust for, involves your penis.

[Christian @ Mar 4th 2008 3:01PM]

no, you don't want penis involve with that hug fan. You should try thinking Robot Chicken style with the robot tapping everything he can.

[Gorillamonk @ Mar 4th 2008 2:58PM]

where can I get one of those?

[techieguru16 @ Mar 4th 2008 8:41PM]

the dollar store?

[Fernando @ Mar 4th 2008 2:58PM]

That's pretty much the biggest waste of plastic I have ever seen in one product. The name is definitely deserving GMC, It looks like it's built by them too, must of been the engineers of the Pontiac Aztec.

[Matt @ Mar 4th 2008 3:04PM]

Haha, the aztec. Man, that car was such crap.

[Kamokazi @ Mar 4th 2008 3:52PM]

Hey, I drive an Aztec! And I like this case!

...and I'm not joking...

The Aztec was very much a love-or-hate looking vehicle. And contrary to its appearance, it's actually built on the Montana minivan chasis, so it's not an SUV (which is why some people regarded it as crap...looks like an SUV but does not hold up like one). I like mine, handles well, good cargo room, it gets decent milage (~23), and *I* like the looks (I don't care what you think!).

As far as the case goes, it would fit nicely with my computer room, where I attempt to maintain a sci-fi, Gundam-esque theme.

[DarkLightConnection Unbanned @ Mar 4th 2008 6:26PM]

@Kamokazi: Amen. I also have an Aztec, and I like it. It gives you the (fake or not) sensation that you're protected inside of it, and totally isolated from the road, and I, as an anti-social, like that.

I also like this case. It goes very well with my industrial-themed computer/electronics room.

[happy_penguin @ Mar 5th 2008 4:26AM]

Everyone I know who owns an Aztek loves it. I don't see where it looks any worse than a Honda Element. Talk about another butt ass ugly car...

[NineT9 @ Mar 4th 2008 3:01PM]

haha GMC sure has a sense of humor, at first i thought that stupid ugly ass case was real

[phanbouy @ Mar 4th 2008 3:02PM]

die, minimalism, die!

...or...

someone's been raiding the props department again

[Blaktornado @ Mar 4th 2008 3:20PM]

Steve Jobs just curled up into a ball and died.

[Andrew @ Mar 4th 2008 3:28PM]

You mean Jonathan Ive, surely?

[Blaktornado @ Mar 4th 2008 5:39PM]

Steve Jobs? Jonathan *his surname is classed as misspelt by the OS X dictionary* Ive? They're both the same person! *grabs a tin foil hat*

[Howard @ Mar 4th 2008 3:03PM]

George Lucas called, he wants his Hoth set piece back.