Beige box

This article is about the use of beige in personal computers. For the phreaking device, see Beige box (phreaking).

In personal computing, the beige box was the predominant aesthetic style of desktop computers of the 1980s and 1990s, having a boxy beige or off-white case. The term beige box is also sometimes used to distinguish generic PCs from models made by name brands such as Compaq, Dell, or HP. In the early years of these companies, most of their units were beige as well. More recently, as name-brand manufacturers have moved away from beige (typically switching to black, dark gray, and silver-colored cases), inexpensive generic cases became more distinct as "beige boxes". Today, the term white box has largely replaced this usage.

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