Teenage Engineering, makers of fine and fun devices like the popular OP-1 field synthesizer and Pocket Operator music mixers , dropped a new PC case yesterday, and it immediately sold out. But unlike gear like the OP-1 field or TP-7 audio recorder that sell for eye-watering prices of $2,000 and $1,500, respectively, the translucent and plastic Computer-2 desktop PC case was given away for free. Well, sort of—you just have to pay for shipping. “The computer case you can’t buy,” reads the Computer-2’s product page . “Cause it’s free.”

The Computer-2 is the successor to Teenage Engineering’s first PC case, the Computer-1, which was released in October 2021. The Computer-1’s whole gimmick was its IKEA-esque, flat-pack design , which required bending its distinctive orange-colored sh

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