If you've been hankering for one of Tulip's
diamond-studded E-go
laptops, your time has come. No, Tulip hasn't lowered the price of the $355,000 E-go; the company has expanded the
line to include a series with prices more accessible to mere mortals (though still higher than what you'd expect to pay
based solely on the specs). At CeBIT, the company officially unveiled the full E-go line, which basically consists of
one $4,000 Turion based laptop with an 80GB drive, DVD burner and media features including a claimed seven-hour battery
life in DVD-player mode. The main selling point of the laptop, besides its early iBook-inspired shape, is the
availability of a dozen different skins, enabling you to customize your E-go with everything from faux zebra fur to
real leather. E-go's motto, displayed on the company's web site with no apparent irony: "It's all about the
inside." If you really believe that, we somehow suspect you won't be buying a $4,000 zebra-fur, toilet-seat-shaped
laptop (though it does also come in basic black if you really can't resist).
[Via
PC World
posted March 13th 2006 1:22PM
I have to admit, its a pretty cool design...but $4000 is pretty steep for this thing.
Its very expensive for a laptop, i can get a alienware gaming one for almost the same price, and it has way better hardware
I went to their site to take a look. the $4,000 price tage is in Euros. It comes out to closer to $4,800 USD. OUCH. Nice looking though.
Absolutely silly. The thing looks hideous.
Looks like a leather-wrapped waffle iron...
Those who like how this looks, what are you smoking?
This is quite simply the ugliest laptop ever.
It makes a MacBookPro look like a bargain.
Toilet seat indeed... These are ugly!
Come on folks, this thing looks just like the old Apple clamshell laptops of 10 years ago! I will admit to being a Apple fanboy, but those clamshell computers looked silly then, and this one looks even more silly now!
Step 1: Borrow Apple iBook & eMate designs.
Step 2: Fill with PC guts and market to egotists.
Step 3: Profit!
the shape is like one of those old mac laptops. This one is UGLY. I wouldnt buy this for 1000 $.
oh a new george foreman grill
Those who lack the 'inside' often emphasize the value of it ... thinking of most celebrities though ;)
I think all laptops should have something like Kensington ports in a standard place so you could attach a handle.
Looks like those old toilet seat crap laptops from Apple.
That mings. It looks like a George Foreman grill.
Wow. There aren't many designs that I would truly call ugly but this is one. I have no idea who this is marketed to. My first thought when I saw it on their website was 'Barbie Computer'.
I just can't get over it. That is a tragedy...
It looks like a girl computer to me and from the point of view of a girl I think its cute.