Laptops are designed to be portable, so a 19.5in machine is really defeating the object. Unless, that is you buy one that folds up. Now, thanks to one eBayer, you can.
Folding_laptop_01 Hinges allow the laptop to fold and for its screen(s) to be rotated
An intrepid eBay seller has posted a Xentex-brand prototype laptop that …
Yeah, the big plus of PCs (and, if you think about it the reason that MS Dos/Windows was as much an incredible achievement as it is now a pain in the arse), is the ability to mix & match hardware. With a desktop, you can slowly upgrade, piece by piece, giving you great value for money on your original purchase.
I've tried to do the same with my Inspiron 8100, but have hit the wall (and would have hit it a lot sooner if they hadn't put a I394 port in it - it has USB 1.0 FFS!). Why buy a high end laptop for gaming - in two years it won't be top of the line any more, and it'll be hard to upgrade.
Plus those coffee-house chicks are going to be more impressed with the Mac user & his copy of Ulysses than your mad WoW skillz, anyway...
'Plus those coffee-house chicks are going to be more impressed with the Mac user & his copy of Ulysses'
Most Mac owners I know think Ulysses is an Italian car ;)
Your point is valid though, the PC Im typing this on was originally bought back back in 1980 (still got the receipt from Escom) and has suffered continual periodic upgrading ever since ! The fact that the only original part is the floppy (I dont use it but last time I checked it worked) is irrelevant, at no point have I ever bought a new PC !
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Laptops are designed to be portable, so a 19.5in machine is really defeating the object. Unless, that is you buy one that folds up. Now, thanks to one eBayer, you can. Folding_laptop_01 Hinges allow the laptop to fold and for its screen(s) to be rotated An intrepid eBay seller has posted a Xentex-brand prototype laptop that …
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Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 13:57 GMT
Andy
A Xentex Flip-pad Voyager #
originally priced at around $5000!!!
http://reviews.digitaltrends.com/first-look/14/xentex-flip-pad-voyager
hmmm.. wonder if he'll ship to the uk??
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 13:57 GMT
TeeCee
Holy antiques Batman! #
"....doesn’t have an internal CD-Rom drive..."
It does appear to have a floppy drive though. Is it coal-fired as well?
Paris because of the obvious "stoking the hole" connection.
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 14:15 GMT
Ben
Folding Laptop ? #
Yeah , i've worked on a few laptops that have resisted my attempts to
introduce this feature , i'll just have to invest more money in the appropriate service technology , my current axe just aint sharp enough.
I hear that Rock tried to do this but they made an error and went "supersize" and the whole friggin company folded instead , shame , their
hardware was well above average , this baby may well attract the kind
of person who thinks stuff like the Oric Atmos was/is .....BRILLIANT!.....
..............NURSE!
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 14:32 GMT
Joe K
Amazing #
A $5000 "very powerful" (according to that review) machine, is worth only a fraction of its cost a mere 5 years later.
And it couldn't run Vista.
Makes you think about if it'd be worth spending 2 grand on that gaming laptop in todays Reg hardware reviews.
2 grand today, obsolete doorstop in a few years.
God i hate computers.
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 15:34 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Reminds me of.... #
the first mobile phone I bought back in 1984 for £1000 (yes £1000 sterling), another antique.
Posted Friday 23rd May 2008 17:11 GMT
J-Wick
Re: Amazing... #
Yeah, the big plus of PCs (and, if you think about it the reason that MS Dos/Windows was as much an incredible achievement as it is now a pain in the arse), is the ability to mix & match hardware. With a desktop, you can slowly upgrade, piece by piece, giving you great value for money on your original purchase.
I've tried to do the same with my Inspiron 8100, but have hit the wall (and would have hit it a lot sooner if they hadn't put a I394 port in it - it has USB 1.0 FFS!). Why buy a high end laptop for gaming - in two years it won't be top of the line any more, and it'll be hard to upgrade.
Plus those coffee-house chicks are going to be more impressed with the Mac user & his copy of Ulysses than your mad WoW skillz, anyway...
Posted Monday 26th May 2008 08:14 GMT
Graham Lockley
@J-Wick #
'Plus those coffee-house chicks are going to be more impressed with the Mac user & his copy of Ulysses'
Most Mac owners I know think Ulysses is an Italian car ;)
Your point is valid though, the PC Im typing this on was originally bought back back in 1980 (still got the receipt from Escom) and has suffered continual periodic upgrading ever since ! The fact that the only original part is the floppy (I dont use it but last time I checked it worked) is irrelevant, at no point have I ever bought a new PC !
Posted Monday 26th May 2008 08:15 GMT
JC
Drats, I used to do this #
... with paper, I should've patented the idea vaguely enough I could sue anyone who ever folds anything!
Billg, because it's all about the piles and piles of money for something that has no added value.
Posted Monday 26th May 2008 08:15 GMT
Anonymous Coward
ZAP #
But the Oric Atmos is brilliant! It's an Oric-1 with a proper keyboard and you can type "ZAP" and it goes zap. Show me where Vista does that.
Posted Monday 26th May 2008 10:50 GMT
P Saunders
Windows 3.1 Ready #
I can't wait to get my hands on it.....
Mine's the one with 36 stiffies packed with MS Office 4.0 in the pocket.
Posted Tuesday 27th May 2008 11:29 GMT
steogede
Folding Laptop #
Tell, does anyone here own a laptop which doesn't fold? The nearest thing I have is an old Amstrad NC100.
Mine's the one that folds.
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