Toshiba's Dynabook 2006 FIFA World Cup laptop

So you've got your FIFA World Cup Xbox 360 and HDTV read to go but, well, you’re still just not feelin’ that World Cup fever? How ‘bout trying on a new, limited edition Toshiba Dynabook 2006 FIFA Word Cup laptop? This pup starts with a Dynabook TX base (1.6GHz Core Duo, 15.4-inch WXGA LCD, 80GB disk, 512MB RAM, and Harman & Kardon speakers), lays on a healthy slathering of gold paint inscribed with the dates and countries of previous World Cup hosts/winners, loads-up a multitude of soccertastic themes, and then slaps on a serial plate just in case your silicon slab gets mixed-in with one of the other 600 units produced. Now the ol' mercury's rising, eh? Ok, maybe not. Still, they'll be shipping May 26 for right around $1700 -- just in time for some hard posing at the pub or heaving onto the pitch should the “Hand-of-God” make its return.

[Thanks, Roygbiv]

[Billy Gun @ Apr 24th 2006 8:24AM]

Brazil, Brazil, Brazil, Brazil and Brazil again all over! :)

I wish I had money to buy one...

[Alex @ Apr 24th 2006 9:12AM]

Playin' For England!

ENG-GER-LAND!

[kaius. @ Apr 24th 2006 11:01AM]

AUSSIE! AUSSIE! AUSSIE!
OI!
OI!
OI!

[Anders @ Apr 24th 2006 11:05AM]

Go Canada!

Oh. Wait. No team.

Go Sweden!

[amsterman @ Apr 24th 2006 1:29PM]

It would be a deal breaker to include subscribtion to actually watching the games live on the net.

[o0adam0o @ Apr 24th 2006 1:36PM]

Mexico, Mexico!

SI - SE - PUEDE!!!

[MacroEQ @ Apr 24th 2006 1:52PM]

I know Americans wont care about this article, but 99.9% of the rest of the world will. Depending on how well a country does, might make the difference in sales of this partcular laptop.

[Uruguay! @ Apr 24th 2006 2:02PM]

URUGUAY!!
URUGUAY!!

A pinchar el cable para ver la copa dese casa....:S

[Adam @ Apr 24th 2006 2:16PM]

"U R GAY, hahahahaha" - Homer Simpson aka GOD

[The Driver @ Apr 24th 2006 7:54PM]

Hahah i hatre these special edition things that are only in for one month, like sydney 2000 backpacks and stuff like that. This is gonna look very old to own the day after brazil wins again.

[MacGomez @ Apr 24th 2006 9:44PM]

It's all about Argentina guys, c'mon! Without the hand of God we will win the Copa and keep it in Argentina (third time and it's yours).

Seb Gomez
http://macgomez.typepad.com

[Rodrigo @ Apr 25th 2006 10:43AM]

BRASIL, BRASIL, BRASIL, BRASIL, BRASIL, BRASIL...
6 times...

[chess set @ Apr 26th 2006 12:37AM]

Pretty sweet laptop for everyone outside of Canada and the US.

[Brett @ Apr 28th 2006 12:37PM]

USA, USA, USA!!!!!!

Semi's baby

Its payback time on Germany!

[Zenon Domanski @ Jun 14th 2006 10:23PM]

2006 FIFA World Cup INTERVIEW - David and Renate Jakupca, American Cultural Ambassadors from the International center for Environmental Arts interviews with Klaus Toepfer, the "Green Goal" Ambassador for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Tournament.

Cleveland, Ohio (ICEAnews) June 9th, 2006 - All national teams will use trains, as well as planes, to travel around the country, solar panels will adorn stadium roofs, rain water is being harvested and beverages will be sold in reusable cups.
But far from being some sort of utopia for tree-lovers, the measures are a reflection of attitudes in a country with a history of tackling green issues imminating from EXPO2000, the Worlds Fair held in Hannover, Germany.
Renate Jakupca, American Cultural Ambassador from the US Network for EXPO2000 interviews with Klaus Toepfer, the "Green Goal" Ambassador for the Tournament.
"The World Cup is a great chance to put a focus on the environment around the world and will hopefully raise awareness everywhere," Klaus Toepfer. "Our aim is to offset the total CO2 emissions caused by the World Cup in Germany also through promoting public transport during the event," said Toepfer, until last month the executive director of the United Nations Environmental Program.
"We also know big sport events create an avalanche of waste. We explored: How to reduce that? How to recycle? Awareness is rising. This is the first time for a football World Cup after we had quite successful endeavors at the Olympics since Sydney."
The "Green Goal" was launched last year with the aim of offsetting the estimated 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide generated within Germany by transportation, construction of the stadiums and the presence of an expected 3.2 million spectators.
All ticket holders, for instance, can ride public transport for free on match days, thousands of accredited journalists will receive free month-long rail passes for the country's train network and stadium drinks will be sold in reusable "Cups of the Cup".
"It's wonderful to send the signal you can get to the match much better without your car," said Toepfer, a driving force behind the "Green Goal."
"The greening of the World Cup is not a little project on the margins, but at the heart of a lot of interest around the world," said Toepfer. "It's a first but only a beginning."
Toepfer, a former German environment minister before leading the UN agency, acknowledged that soccer fans have not historically been noted for special interest in the environment.

RAISE AWARENESS
"Indeed that was one of the positive soft by-products of this project," he said. "It's a bonus to raise awareness. Fans of Chelsea or Real Madrid might think twice about their behavior later on if they know the consequences on the environment."
Toepfer said whether the targets were met will be examined after wards. He said he was delighted the "Green Goal" was also being embraced by World Cup countries and pleased that Euro2008 in Austria and Switzerland also want to adopt it.
"Costa Rica just arrived here and they decided they would offset their CO2 emissions for the flight to Germany and back and invest money in forests as part of a national project. "It would be great if all nations coming here could do the same."

References:
German American Business Association (GABA)
GERMANIA Newspaper Maria Roth, Editor; [e-mail],
KOLORS Magazine Zenon Domanski, Editor; [e-mail],


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