Last time we saw the
GScreen dualscreen Spacebook laptop it was sporting two 15.4-inch screens and promising to be ready by the end of 2009. Obviously the small Alaska-based company missed that cut off, but we're told there's a reason -- and it's an interesting one at that. Apparently the two 15-inch displays didn't provide
enough screen real estate, and the company has now opted to use two 17.3-inch screens. We're not sure that move makes the most sense considering that this thing is supposed to be mobile, but we don't claim to know what people want from dual screen workstations. What does makes sense is that the laptop has been updated with new specs, including a 2.66GHz Intel Core i7-620M processor, 4GB of RAM, a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M GPU and Windows 7 Professional. The entire rig still looks rather thick in the pictures below, but GScreen's CEO Gordon Stewart assures us that it won't weigh more than eight pounds. The revised plan is to sell the long-awaited machine through online retailers, including Amazon and Buy.com, starting in May for $2,895. Of course that's if they don't decide to go with two 20-inch screens in the meantime. Our fingers are crossed this time around.
posted February 12th 2010 5:11PM
Is that Vista..? For $2895 could at least include Windows 7 Professional...
@Dking7
I find windows 7 fine with just one screen with that 'snap feature' onn my 16" dell. but i guess you would need 2 screens if you are going to use vista
@Dking7 The picture is the older version...this will run Windows 7 Professional. I just updated the post.
Check out the bad ergonomics. That guy needs to get a taller chair or SOMETHING.
@Smart People Play Tuba
That guy is an overweight hunchback, he should have thought about ergonomics and maybe some exercise years ago, now it doesn't really matter anymore in what position he surfs his pr0n, probably he can only get better anyway.
@Plexus
Wow, I detect a little bit of aggression there. What happened? A fat guy steal your lunch today?
You'd be hunched over 6 inches from the screen too if you're screen was that glossy in the sunlight... For god's sake... if its not an "entertainment notebook", it should have matte screens (I suppose super-widescreen movies are possible)
@Dking7 I guess that's the price have to pay for the dual screen. The gScreen corporation released the gScreen Laptop. One of its key difference with other DS laptops, is it has a single screen of 15 inch (LOL) so it will give you a totality of 30inch. Though the caveat is - its about 3k USD (since last july) I guess this laptop are for people who are savvy multimedia editor. Info: http://bit.ly/dual-screen-lenovo-by-ibm
TWO full-size 17" screens, and only a 150m? Are you kidding me? The biggest use for having dual-screens is for using a portable workstation. They could at least put a mobile Quadro or FireGL in it, like what's found in the W700 (which also has a secondary screen, just not a full-size screen).
@Prevacator My thoughts exactly! Thick and heavy laptop = please at least have workstation level specs. GTX 280M or FX 3800 for graphics, i7 920 XM, 16 GB of RAM, etc. Why buy such a big monster when the new Sony Vaio Z has a better graphics card?
@Jacob1 I'd personally rather it have a gaming graphics card than those crappy workstation ones. I freaking love dual monitors and would easily buy one of these, but not if it had workstation graphics in it. I want to be able to play games on it. This would be great for me as a network admin. I could have Remote Desktop up on one monitor and have outlook or whatever other apps I'm using at the time open on the other. That would be really nifty and would allow me to take the 17" LCD monitor I haul around with me out of my trunk.
@47MasoN47
You do realize Workstation cards actually have MUCH better specs than gaming cards, right?
Just because they're not optimized/designed to run games doesn't make them "crappy." Next to GPGPU cards like the Tesla, Workstation cards are the most powerful, and most expensive graphics cards in existence.
@Jacob1
Then it would weigh more than a desktop.
@47MasoN47 Nothing wrong with either workstation or gaming graphics, just something better than the 2 generations behind GTS 150M.
"Then it would weigh more than a desktop."
No chance. Just swap the chips out and put better cooling, if it still weighs under 15 pounds, then it's still acceptable as a portable desktop replacement.
Imagine how much por-, I mean news we could *read* with this! :D
OoooooooooooooooooooooooooVERKILL.
how much does it weigh??
@The Shadow
Probably wont blend
I would at least expect a couple of good looking Eskimo's along side this...
WALL-E!!!
Working with dual screen but no mouse? Fail....
The red mug is the trick to preserve the heat.
Strangely enough the only sideish profile pic shows the bottom being rather thick. Not sure why the bottom which is basically just the board, drives, and battery is as thick as it is. Towards the hinge it looks really wedge shaped. Not sure if that's for extra battery capacity because of the dual screens. Its certainly not need there to allow extra cooling for that bitch'n GTS 150M they stuck in there.
Ugly.They should think of something better not to figure out how to make 2 screens work on a laptop.
With that much glare I think I'll stick with one screen!
Geeze, everyone's a critic!...this is a single laptop with two full sized screens on it. If nothing else at least its a proof on concept, one that I think is pretty cool
@yulebellow
THANK you.
@yulebellow Oh man, this would be SOOO GREAT when on customer visits. Normally I need an RDP window to the server and one window with Visual Studio. That would rock.
Not exactly something lapworthy, with both screens on?
It's a lapdesktop? Portable desktop?
Stationary laptop?
@Kirtay
PS - I think it's cool; I don't need 2 screens, but say video editors could find this pretty useful?
But why?
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should...
The guy in the photo looks like such a geek even though he isn't built like one. MUST BE THE DUAL-SCREENS.
Now if only Alienwares had screens like that... awesome!
having two screens must totally kill the battery
Good luck getting a date at Starbucks or your neighborhood coffee-shop when you open one of these things. Conversation starter, may be, but dating material for the owners, may be not. These will tell the opposite sex (or same sex, for some of you) that you are....well you fill in the blank here.
@allston232 Though you can't get a date with it, you can watch even more porn at the same time!
As a concept it's really cool i think a good computer manufacturer like hp or Sony could refine it and make it thinner and better looking, to me personally it looks clunky and thick and not appealing at all...
Still doesn't look as good as the PCWORLD Ultimate Laptop. When this becomes reality (like in 5yrs) then I'll say "Holy Shit ME WANT!" and it utilizes currently available components. Sony and HP!!, any you guys reading this?http://www.pcworld.com/article/156233/the_ultimate_laptop_to_replace_a_desktop_what_we_want.html
The question is will it Blend????
i prefer thinkpad ws700ds dual screen
Oh man that looks like a beast to lug around.
For someone who spends 12 hours a day doing CAD and also needs email and specs open too, this would be great. I need an new laptop and if this comes in under 8 lbs and has a great vid card I'm in for one.
Unless you travel every day, a heavy laptop is no big deal.
@Craneguy
"Unless you travel every day, a heavy laptop is no big deal. "
but if you don't travel every day then a 21" lcd screen in your office is way better.
@magallanes
Big laptops are great because they're easy to move around within your house (or office). If you need to take it out on the road with you, you need something light, but if you're just moving between a few different seats throughout the day, this is pretty ideal.
DO WANT
is that a glassy screen? yuck!
This would be a pretty solid programming setup, but at the end of the day you're much better off getting something portable and having a second monitor set up for those times when you really need it. Best of both world, plus a heck of a lot cheaper.
Too expensive, body looks archaic and too expensive. While I'm a big fan of dual screens (got the setup at home) and tri screen setups, this isn't looking so hot. I'm sure that battery will be raped with two screens...
What's the point of the red mat below?
Yo dawg, we heard you like laptop PCs, so we put a PC screen on top of a PC screen, so you can PC while you PC.
Finally something that beats the Mac portable.
Saw a dual-screen laptop like this (but smaller) in a store here in Tokyo only last week, are there more than one model?