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It was the style at the time! Lots of CD players had flip up tops, as did the Sega Saturn. I assume it was because the slide out tray mechanism was more expensive and also more fragile.
For a real trip check out this Japanese laptop:![](https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/7396b3f8-79f7-4b24-bb9b-08c928fb8454.jpeg)
A friend of mine had one of those. It was super sleek to look at, but the flip top doubling as a wrist rest turned it into a CD grinder after a few years.
I love this tech aesthetic. 90s Japanese tech is just fun to look at.
that circular trackpad...!
So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickle. And in those days nickles had pictures of bumble bees on them! "Give me 5 bees for a quarter" you'd say.
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which was the style at the time
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Also causes the anxiety of scratching disks while using it.