NEC and Takara unveil Duke Nukem-approved notebook: the TYPE-N01

What better to control a ginormous army of robot overlords than a notebook ripped straight from the confines of a science fiction control lab? To get those 'bots a-marchin', just boot up the NEC TYPE-NO1, load the commands (stored on your USB Pocket Rocket, of course), and unleash your best impression of an evil dictator's laugh. NEC has teamed up with Takara to create the presumably mad scientist-approved machine, which sports all the token stickers, labels, and even wallpapers that make this device so similar to those seen laying around Duke Nukem laboratories. Beneath the facade is a LaVie G type L laptop, sporting a 15.4-inch WXGA display, 1.6GHz AMD Mobile Sempron 3200+ processor (Turion 64 X2 TL-50), 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 80-100GB hard drive, dual-layer DVD burner, 802.11a/b/g, and the likely dangerous "FeliCa" port. Flanked on the side is the very necessary "Emergency Button," which apparently shuts down the machine in case of unexpected intruders. The highly secretive TYPE-NO1 can be reserved starting today, and considering that they'll be limited to 300 units, you should probably make haste if you plan on throwing down your ¥145,530 ($1,231) to ¥174,510 ($1,476).

[Via Akihabara News]

[Rick Lyon @ Nov 8th 2006 12:16PM]

Wow, that's um, 'geeky'.

[Ebzy @ Nov 8th 2006 12:15PM]

*My most sinister* Hahahahaaahaa

Now can I have my handsomely deranged face plastered over a laptop

(Don't get the wrong meaning guys)

[Cronick @ Nov 8th 2006 12:17PM]

All you need is a USB Missile Launcher ($39.99)

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/86b8/

[Casey @ Nov 8th 2006 12:29PM]

Absolutely stupid.

[mespinosam @ Nov 8th 2006 12:34PM]

WTF ?????

[Richard Lai @ Nov 8th 2006 12:36PM]

Oh dear... a machine for the real nerds who never surface in the real world...

[NeoteriX @ Nov 8th 2006 12:39PM]

"Oh dear... a machine for the real nerds who never surface in the real world..."

It's pretty optimistic of NEC/Takara to say then that there are only 300 of these people. :)

[Richard Lai @ Nov 8th 2006 12:46PM]

Nah... I bet you that some of those nerds are gonna buy more than one to build a "workstation". :p

[andy @ Nov 8th 2006 2:05PM]

hhmm, and still seems to have less stickers on it than most new PC's lol

[Stez @ Nov 8th 2006 5:58PM]

that thing is well ugly....

[Jeff @ Nov 8th 2006 2:53PM]

wtf is that thing on the left?

[Michael @ Nov 8th 2006 3:31PM]

Will you be able to play Duke Nukem Forever on it?

[Jamar @ Nov 8th 2006 11:15PM]

Why on earth would something like this need FeliCa? I thought that FeliCa is for subway passes and stuff like that- I can't imagine waving a whole laptop over the FeliCa reader if I take the subway.