Apparently, in other parts of the world,
Haier (a minor brand here in the States) is busy manufacturing highly expensive and totally bizarre laptop computers. The cats over at Engadget Chinese have gotten their hands on info concerning this totally outrageous laptop / tablet PC, apparently an offshoot of the
Flybook line, which rocks a Core Duo U2500 processor (coupled with an Intel 945GM chipset), 2GB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, 802.11a/b/g, an 8.6-inch widescreen tablet display, plus a fingerprint scanner, Bluetooth, and an option to go all 3G wireless (should you so desire). Apparently, the system folds down into a tablet, replete with handwriting recognition and all, and can be yours for the fantastically low price of 35,999 Yuan (or about $4,790). We wish you nothing but good luck on finding one, and even better luck on footing the bill.
posted Sep 16th 2007 12:08PM
too cool 4 me......
I'm still waiting for the AOL Haier MP3 player to come out. Where are you?
too expensive 4 me.....
Doesn't LOOK like it folds well though..and for that money it should have a touch screen ;-)
how do you think it recognizes your handwriteing?
It does have a touch screen, hence the "tablet pc"
Read the article. It does have a touch screen.
It is a touch screen hence the "handwriting recognition" and "tablet display"
I didn't know Haier was into Electronics. I've had good luck with their AC units.
Eh I meant hads-on touch as in iPhone - next time I'll be specific. Yes it has a tablet PC but I figure that's pretty much like my treo - fine point/stylus touch.
they didn't tell you how it will clunk out on you in a week
//Haier is a cheap brand known for it's mess ups
replete is my new favorite word
Why does this cost so much? Is it in the intended aesthetics? Because it definitely isn't in the specs.
I don't see any higher-spec'd notebooks of that size. 8.6"! This thing is closer to a UMPC than a laptop.
It doesn't even pack draft n-wireless? Only 80 GB space? Why not go for a Alienware laptop then?
My Frig maker makes Laptops?
and also tv's
I've got a haier microwave oven
Save us LG!
Haha, the same thing I thought when I read the headline. The question is, how much beer does it hold for that price?
They also make some mighty cold window mount air conditioners.
brr.
There has to be some translation error there. If that's a 8.9" screen, the keyboard is unusably small.
Yeah, it's actually an 8.6" screen. 1999 called and asked for their laptop back (minus the cpu and ram, of course).
ya, but honestly, that's a pretty cool extension to the lcd... I'm already trying to think of a way to mod my current laptop to do that....
strange it's so expensive because haier products are sold very inexpensively in Germany compared to the japanese/korean/european marques
...then i guess you shouldn't buy anything and go sit in a cave.
Oops, the cave was probably excavated with chinese made machinery contaminated with lead paint.
$4000 bucks and you get crappy INTEL GRAPHICS 945 found in entry-level laptops. WOW.
Er, it's a 1.6kg, 8.9" (seems to say 12" on the original page?) tablet PC (UMPC) with 3G connectivity. What's so bad about it?
Does this computer remotely automate the washer, dryer, fridge, and dishwasher that should come with it at this price?
that's agreat idea.. a laptop where you can raise the screen to eye level.
Wow, you are the most original, most hilariously blind MadeInChina-disser I have ever met.
I mean, duh, all China ever makes is shit. That's why we keep on buying it, and that's why the trade disparity between these two nations is so great. The US loves to buy Chinese goods because they are shit. Q.E.D.
Why is the world filled with sheep and the metaphorically blind? Last year was the blind hatred of the French. This year it's the blind hatred of the Chinese. Get a life.
The Chinese simply pirate a western design, and then cheapen it beyond all reason and use every trick to dupe the buyer into purchasing a substandard, unsafe product. The Chinese shouldn't be allowed the market access they currently have in the west, unless and until they get their act together.
Far Eastern Economic Review - "CHINA: People's Republic Of Cheats"
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.europe/browse_thread/thread/20c9b7ebde72a9fb/79090852132dc970?lnk=st&rnum=5#79090852132dc970
How is this laptop a cheap and unsafe product?
Your blind hatred of China is almost as amusing as it is pathetic.
@joe23521; Go ahead, buy this crap and let us know how it turned out for you. Good luck. LMAO...
Is it just me or does 80gigs of HD space seem small considering the rest of the specs?
Actually, the products that are designed in the U.S., manufactured in "China or other third-worlds" are okay, as long as quality control can be maintained, but the products that are both designed and made in China, just like that crapbook from haliar, are the "crappiest crap ever created". I mean, who in the fucking hell would want that shit? Over-$4,000 price tag for the "designed&made-in-China" total-crap???? LMAO....
Actually, the products that are designed in the U.S., manufactured in "China or other third-worlds" are okay, as long as quality control can be maintained, but the products that are both designed and made in China, just like that crapbook from haliar, are the "crappiest crap" ever created on earth. I mean, who in the fucking hell would want that shit? Over-$4,000 price tag for the "designed&made-in-China" total crap?????? LMAO....
That's not expensive, I managed to customize a mac pro to $16,000.
whoa if that's clear plastic for the hinge deal then where is the wiring to get signal to the screen? maybe you pay thousands too much to have a wireless screen 4 inches from the computer. i mean where else is the money going?
"Made in China" is a warning label. That doesn't make us haters. Continuing to buy the same products that can (and may) kill us (or our children) is stupidity at its finest. I am not stupid, but for those out there who think I am hating by protecting myself and my family...you are the haters.
ohnoes. My made-in-china desk lamp is trying to strangle me. please help.
You can do what the hell you like, we don't need to know about your paranoia/xenophobia though. (And no, I don't see how commenting on engadget is protecting your family any.)
Gah. just fed a troll... someone shoot me.
No, no, no, You are mistaken. I am referring to the comments I have read (on this blog) that are bashing people for having a completely rational view of products that are made in china. The tainted food, toothpaste, and children's toys that are being imported. I am not a troll, and you are being overly vicious. You are entitled to your opinion, as am I. I do not believe all things from China are bad, but it is valid to question the safety of a product that comes from a country with such lax safety rules.