Luvaglio million dollar gets "official," sort of

The Luvaglio folks still seem a bit press shy -- either due to the info "leaked" last month, or a willful attempt to drum up interest -- but now they're back for more, and this time they've got a much better pic of this outlandishly priced laptop of theirs. Of course, it's pretty dang difficult to cram enough technology and precious materials into something this size to ever begin to justify that million dollar price tag, but the supposed Blu-ray, SSD and "full" upgradability specs have all piqued our interest in a theoretical sense -- much more fun than slapping some shiny stuff on the case and calling it good. The built-in USB memory stick / MP3 player, and "integrated screen cleaning" seem a bit odd, but hopefully all will be revealed in time. The extra fancy part is that the notebook can be built with the "owner's choice of precious metals, leathers and real woods," which sounds fun. If this news is to be believed, Luvaglio will be launching the laptop this summer, with a full lineup of laptops to follow soon after.

[Via Crave]

[S11D336B @ Apr 18th 2007 3:39PM]

Thats not even Kosher. I wonder what the tech specs are on it. . .

[Matt B @ Apr 18th 2007 3:58PM]

I bet it has Windows 98 on it since anyone dumb enough to pay that for a laptop would be too stupid to know the difference.

[Chris @ Apr 18th 2007 4:06PM]

I'll take three.

[Eric @ Apr 18th 2007 4:27PM]

Begging the question: Yes, it's a million dollars... But can it run Vista?

kidding.

[Jesse S @ Apr 18th 2007 4:34PM]

I'd rather spend that money into R&D and Industrial Design and make my own laptop...

[James @ Apr 18th 2007 4:38PM]

"...owner's choice of... leathers..."

If it's not made of something on the endangered species list, it's not worth the money. Make mine a manatee!

/ducks for cover

[Superevil @ Apr 18th 2007 4:48PM]

I'd like mine made out of puppy.

[Mike @ Apr 18th 2007 4:54PM]

For 1 million dollars, I want mine to be made with human skin. I can't stand Rosie O'Donnell and there's more than enough of that skin to go around for a few hundred machines. Who's with me? I know Donald Trump is good for one. If we all gt together now and preorder, maybe we can get a group discount.

[Z @ Apr 18th 2007 4:57PM]

A million bones for a laptop. Think of all the lives you could change instead, with all that cash.

Man's ability to waste money never ceases to amaze me.

[Ayle @ Apr 18th 2007 5:11PM]

That's why we are men...

[Z @ Apr 18th 2007 6:29PM]

We're men because we waste money?

Nah. Wasting money is no measure of a man.

Actually, it's the other way around, with the variables changed a bit.

Mankind wastes money because it's corrupt. But not all men are corrupt... at least not in that way.


However, some are apparently incredibly bored. If someone wants to spend that kind of money, I say build something that will last. This laptop will just make for an absurdly expensive paperweight one day.

[Forrest @ Apr 18th 2007 5:36PM]

Can anyone else make out the skull above the logo?

[GJP303 @ Apr 18th 2007 6:38PM]

I thought I was the only one who noticed!

[mike @ Apr 18th 2007 5:41PM]

Begging the question: Yes, it's a million dollars... But can it run Vista?
--

If that thing runs Windows. LOL.. oh boy.

[kadajawi @ Apr 18th 2007 6:21PM]

But it looks lovely... decadent, but beautiful. I simply love wood.

[Ayle @ Apr 18th 2007 6:40PM]

We are the only specy who is wasting stuffs be it money or ressources...

[3rdsun @ Apr 18th 2007 7:37PM]

make mine out of baby penguins and add some linux while u at it

[ryan @ Apr 18th 2007 7:48PM]

mine should be made of ashwoow and have a pheonix feather in it

[ryan @ Apr 18th 2007 7:54PM]

it looks like a human skull with a crow's body..

[McFly @ Apr 18th 2007 8:09PM]

...and there's flames all around it...

something sinister with this laptop, mark my words

[John Doe @ Apr 19th 2007 2:04AM]

For a million dollars that thing better give me the world's greatest blowjob.

Seriously though. A Million for a laptop? Good god for that price I could probably contract Asus, Foxconn\Dell, or at this point HTC to custom build a system to my specs.

Gah. Even if I had 200 million I wouldn't touch this thing. there is no laptop on this planet worth a cool million. with the possible exception of those fabled L laptops that never came to be. http://www.go-l.com/laptops/index.htm But even those didn't come near that price tag.

PS- Using wood, would be retarded. Wood would insulate the system. Even with really well done cooling a certain % of heat dissipates through the keyboard and case itself. encasing the thing in wood, would be really, really dumb even if it was only a wood paneling it would still have the same result.

[John Doe @ Apr 19th 2007 2:08AM]

I want mine to be made from the skin of Steve Jobs for the LCD cover, and Bill Gates for the main body of the thing. Hmmm external mouse can be Baller. :xP

Call it the R.A.G.E. Rich Arrogant Geek Edition.

[ryan @ Apr 19th 2007 3:08AM]

unless it's a true quantum computer it's not worth that much..
maybe they did something stupid like jacking up the price by embeding diamonds in the keypad..

[tippy @ Apr 20th 2007 8:12AM]

i thought they already had overpriced laptops their called macs, take a nasty dell paint it white, slap some stolen freeware bsd on it, and sell it for 500% profit. whoever buys the lappy in the article is no different from a mac owner

more money than brains=leet?
and just for the record all the major os makers suck

[Fozzie @ Apr 20th 2007 1:11PM]

i'm developing the 2 million dollar laptop. it's almost an exact copy... except mine plays "the final countdown" by europe upon boot. also included is a signed copy of their bankruptcy papers and cuts of their golden and brown flowing locks.

Conceptual Art for Laptop