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    Two Screen 17" Laptop

    Discussion in 'Notebook Cosmetic Modifications and Custom Builds' started by Josephp, Jan 1, 2012.

  1. Josephp

    Josephp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Josephp, Jan 1, 2012
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  2. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    Umm, no! You can only push portable so far. And I believe the 18.4 is that point. If you need that much real estate than that, get a desktop.
     
    Krane, Jan 1, 2012
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Yeah, quadro 3800m? Thats just old hardware, they should have done it with the Elitebook 8740w which can be upgraded to quadro 5000m.
     
    niffcreature, Jan 2, 2012
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    Gearsguy Notebook Deity

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  5. Ari3sgr3gg0

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    If it were available for purchase now I'd probably end up with one, I'd also really want an overhaul on the specs. They're pretty low end for what it is, I can see a point for this and I'm quite happy in my desktopless world. 18.4" is nice for a laptop but I've always wanted one of 20" monsters for a media computer.
     
    Ari3sgr3gg0, Jan 2, 2012
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  6. jmthomas1987

    jmthomas1987 Notebook Guru

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    Interesting idea, but their specs are too old for the money.

    If they would start out with a Sand Bridge chipset, and say a AMD Radeon 6970M or Nvidia GT560M, then I would be really interested in this as a portable CAD station.
     
    jmthomas1987, Jan 15, 2012
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  7. Thaenatos

    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    Lenovo w700ds is to only dual screen laptop I would consider. The above one is just plain ridiculous.
     
    Thaenatos, Jan 19, 2012
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  8. pengy_666

    pengy_666 Notebook Evangelist

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    that's an awful looking laptop. Whilst it does have some advantages to a dual monitor set-up it is just rigid black awful 90's plastic.

    It really defeats the object IMHO.
     
    pengy_666, Jan 23, 2012
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  9. Pommie

    Pommie Notebook Deity

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    Awful looking laptop, but not a bad idea. And if you listen to the guy, I think their are people out there who would want a laptop like this. The spec's are less than impressive though.
     
    Pommie, Jan 23, 2012
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  10. Syndrome

    Syndrome Torque Matters

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    Can you run both 17's and an external? I would like to have that below my 40" and run all three at once.
     
    Syndrome, Jan 24, 2012
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  11. Kyle

    Kyle JVC SZ2000 Dual-Driver Headphones

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    This is really nice. If its rugged enough (ie not too fragile, I would be interested.
     
    Kyle, Feb 20, 2013
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  12. mrbauer

    mrbauer Newbie

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    In my opinion it doesnt look realy portable any more. So you could just use an external screen.
     
    mrbauer, Mar 6, 2013
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