when did computers settle on the "tower" form factor? i know that even into the 90s there were computers that lay flat and that you'd put the monitor on top of the computer (cases were designed to be able to hold the heavy weight of a CRT monitor, too); when did they start being primarily upright?

@Felthry Those still exist, even, but they are pretty much only for workplaces running office software and not much else

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@connie I think we're now pretty definitely in the "mostly upright towers" era of computing though

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