10 selections (in a good way) perverted notebook PCs that are too early for economic and IT humanity

The individuals who have disappeared during the evolution process ...

In the past few years, the design of the laptop has evolved and dual screen, 2in1, and screen folding formulas have been introduced in addition to the royal road clam shell type, but the unique features and functions have failed in the middle of the road.It was mounted on a notebook PC.Compaq in the 1990s, IBM, and recent Lenovo and ASUS (ASUS), and PC manufacturers have announced strange and wonderful products.Most of them were not successful in the mainstream, but had a strong impact on people's memories.

Many of these attempts were too ambition to create the future of a laptop PC, but some of them increased their value and brought creative workarounds to the limits of the hardware at that time.did.Let's look at the laptops that were too novel (and longed for) to succeed.

IBM "ThinkPad 701"

Before Apple (Apple) worsened the image of its name, the "butterfly keyboard" was synonymous with the IBM "ThinkPad 701", a sub -compact notebook PC equipped with a sliding keyboard.When you open the cover, the right half of the keyboard split on the diagonal will fall down and a full -size mechanical keyboard will appear.If you look at the video above, you can see that the opening and closing of the cover was an incredibly satisfying feeling, as if it were the last one of the jigsaw puzzle.

In this era, sliding keyboards will not be practical.The recent laptops are ultra -thin, and we have become accustomed to hitting a solid and shallow key.Although it is a product that I still exist, the creative ThinkPad 701 was stopped after a commercial success in 1995.

HP "Omnibook 800ct"

Suppose you assemble a small notebook PC, but there is no extra space for placing a touchpad under the keyboard.So what do you do?

It is also a good idea to have users buy an external mouse, but there is also a way to develop pop -out mice like HP.HP Omnibook 800ct was hidden in the small space on the right side of the 800ct was an unusual rust -shaped mouse that came out of the body when I pressed the small and cute mouse mark.

In the middle of the 90's, there was no option of wireless, so the extremely small mouse hanged into a thin rubber cord.In fact, this worked well as a novel way to deal with many of the laptops at that time, and the HP uses pop -out mice for several different models.Speaking of trackpads, there was an old notebook PC "Compaq LTE Elite 486" equipped with a trackball on the right side of the display.

VIA "NANOBOOK"

The module type technology has a history of mountains and valleys (reference example: Project ARA, LG G5, etc.), but thanks to the idea of replacing another part, a wonderful gadget including VIA NANOBOOK has appeared.did.At first glance, nanoBook looks like a mini notebook ASUS EEE PC.

However, when I opened the lid, it was the most unexpected phone, although it was mounted on a laptop.Okay, this is in 2007, so I'm not talking about a thin smartphone.It was a wireless VOIP phone designed to eliminate the burden of carrying the phone all day.This phone was located next to a 7 -inch display (not a tablet, not a laptop screen screen size), in the exchanged "MobilityPlus" module, and other GPS receivers, 3G/CDMA mobile phones.Module and global clocks have been installed (here is the image of nanoBook with VOIP telephone set)

The nanoBook equipped with Windows XP appeared in the same year as the first iPhone, so it has been sold out a long time ago.However, a few years later, ELONEX of Britain launched a very similar device called Websurfer.If you want to know more about VIA's nanoBook, please refer to the article at the time of the release of Gizmodo in the United States.

Notebook PC with 3D performance

Do you remember the 3D TV of the abolished format now, saying that you can enjoy the movie "Avatar" at home?For a moment, there was a notebook PC with 3D performance.Dell (Dell) and Alienware (alienware) were noticed that they used 3D video technology for the options of XPS 17 and Alienware M17 R3, but MSI, Sony, HP, Origin and ASUS are also challenging.was doing.

Most 3D -performance laptops used NVIDIA (Nvidia) 3D Vision platforms, and some critics considered it were better than 3D TVs.However, the incredible glasses problem is not solved.Even worse, many of these laptops needed an optional kit that cost more than $ 100.

At that time, the 3D technology was quite limited and only worked on a specific game and a Blu -ray disc, but not everyone hated 3D effects.Certainly, it causes the decline in FPS in the game, and long -term play can cause eye strain, but boldly those who used this new technology seemed to like 3D overall.After all, the reason why a notebook PC with 3D performance traced the same path as the 3D TV was that the chunky and expensive glasses and support were limited.

Lenovo "ThinkPad W700DS"

If you need a second monitor on the go, it would be the best option to connect to an external monitor in this era.

However, in the late 2000s, there was also a way to buy Lenovo ThinkPad W700DS with a slide -type 10.6 -inch display.This is far before the Razer "Project Valerie" and ASUS two -screen notebook PCs appear, and Lenovo creates a notebook PC that can extend the 17 -inch main display in the second display that comes out.I'm it.

It is the beginning of the mouth, this model, including the Pantone color sample color calibration function and the tablet (apart from touchpads), which can be handwritten using a built -in Wacom stylus pen, all of which existed at the time.Was all on.This would have been a great solution for businessmen (and artists) who needed multi -display during business trips.Except that ThinkPad W700DS was not a portable at all ...

The weight was 11 pounds (less than 5kg), which was 2.1 inches (about 5.3cm), so it was so big enough to laugh.

Tom tomorrow S "Taichi"

When the ASUS Ichi -changing species 2in1 "TAICHI" was announced, it was a reasonable comment to say, "Isn't this display on the opposite side of the top plate?"

Instead of thinking about how to turn a laptop into a tablet, ASUS simply added the second panel to the outside.In this way, you can switch to tablet mode by closing the lid while keeping the conventional clam shell type foam factor.It was not as sophisticated as Lenovo Yoga, but Taichi was working well.At least to some extent ...

The battery, which seemed to be a potential problem for Taichi, was actually the biggest drawback.Moreover, before the Windows touchpad became easier to use by modern software drivers, this laptop and tablet gadget was born, unfortunately the Taichi driver was terrible.ASUS had long been away from the two -screen design until the ZenBook Pro Duo revived in a different way.

ASUS "ROG GX700"

ASUS's two sick, novel ideas are really good.A few years ago, this Taiwanese notebook PC manufacturer released the ROG GX700 monster gaming notebook that can attach a huge water -cooled unit.With a PC gamer, I know that thermal runaway is a life for laptops.Speaking of general measures to prevent PC explosion (or thermal slowlot ring), add a thin fan, how to put a wise heat sink, and improve airflow.ASUS is boring!So, I developed a ridiculous water -cooled unit mounted on the back of the laptop using four bars.

This cooling system is used with a custom sealed valve to send the cooling solution to the laptop and return it to the unit, and exhaust heat with a 92mm large radiator.With 500W heat dissipation, the performance of the GX700 has been improved by 20%, and the heat of CPU and GPU decreased by 30%.It looks great, but as you can see, it's big.At this point, it might be better to get a desktop or EGPU and ordinary notebook.

In order to further increase the value of this non -practical monster, ASUS released another version with two GPUs (NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080) a year later, but it is still not worth purchasing.It was.

ACER "ICONIA 6120"

IBM produced a laptop with a mechanical keyboard with a good key control, but Acer decided to take a completely opposite approach.

The keyboard dock was replaced with a 14 -inch screen equipped with a touchpad and virtual keyboard.There are also benefits to this strange setup, for example, you can easily switch from typing to handwriting, add "https: //" or ".com" quickly, and stand up your favorite apps and sites.I was able to tap the shortcut button to raise.

But overall, it was a bad idea.Several problems were obvious, such as the glare that disturbed the screen and the feeling of hitting the keys.There were problems with the device itself, such as a time lag at the time of input, low performance, and a small touchpad that does not support gestures.

DELL "XPS 12"

Convertible notebook PCs and 2-in-1 PCs have been popular in the mainstream for several years, but continue to evolve now, like Surface Laptop Studio, which removes the screen and flip at the hinge.From Windows 8, which is a unlucky OS that defends these hybrid devices, a notebook PC of all shapes was born, but DELL's XPS 12 is as ambition and compromised notebook PC and tablet.The hybrid has not been developed.

The Dell solution to the 2-in-1 PC was to attach the screen to the frame so that the panel could be turned out when the cover was closed.What I noticed when I tried using this device was that the rotating screen worked well, which allows for a complete tablet mode and laptop mode, and the keyboard when it is not used is protected.However, Dell kills bezels when the Infinity Edge display is introduced in XPS 13, and the frame of these types of 2-in-1 PCs is too thick in terms of the current standard.。

ASUS "Rog MotherShip GZ700"

In developing these products, no one appears on the right of ASUS.When I first saw the MotherShip machine, I was overwhelmed by the technology, but I had no idea who would buy it.This machine is too big to put on the knee in the first place, so it is hard to say that it is a laptop, and it is strictly a mobile machine, so it can not be said to be an integral PC.So MotherShip is between the stationary desktop and the workstation that can be carried.

Let's explain in detail.It is not easy to define Rog MotherShip, but it is best to consider it as a wireless integrated PC.All components are stored on the back of the giant 17 -inch display, and the keyboard dock side has a slim gaming keyboard that can be attached with a magnet and can be used wirelessly.If you remove the keyboard, the kick stand on the back will turn the MotherShip into a huge tablet that stands upright.

This product is big, thick and ridiculously expensive (specifically, $ 6,000/about 800,000 yen in Japan), but the desktop and notebook PC are combined into one device to press the limit of the design of the notebook PC.There is no denying that it is good or worse that it is ASUS.What kind of fate will it be just a few years ago when MotherShip was released?

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