>IMO portability in a gaming machine should be a carry-handle on a bigtower case ;-)

I've seen this done! The handle wasn't screwed to the top, but instead it was a harness made out of old seat belts. The running joke was that the machine is so fast, the belts are mandatory.

>Couple of years ago there was a desktop machine totally immersed in a non-corrosive fluid instead of just liquid-cooling some special parts. Probably started as April fools idea but IIRC worked really well. As today some machines go without moving parts (except for cooling fans) the idea might hold more fluid (not especially water...)

Not the first feature of supercomputers to make its way into the lower echelons.