Concept PC 2001

Rami Kassab writes: "Check out this sweet PC developed by HP. It runs on the Intel P4 and features a wireless keyboard, mouse, even a wireless 18" flat screen LCD monitor. The wireless mouse and keyboard run over RF. All of the components are connected to eachother via Bluetooth technology. Included with this PC is USB 2.0 and an ATI 7500 AGP card." The screen looks a little strange, but I always love seeing interesting new designs for these boxes since I spend so much time in front of one.

Comments

The Cats Will Be Very Upset

[Quarters]

No cables to play with and/or chew to bits. If I can't offer my computer to them as a sacrifice they'll make a beeline to the A/V gear cables.

Re:The Cats Will Be Very Upset

[kfg]

My cat is already very upset. She isn't prone to chewing cables but in the old days of TV set like monitors she loved to soak up heat and stay close to me while I was working or playing games by "Garfielding" on top of it.

Then I brought in the first monitor with a tilt/swivel base. Scared the piss out of her the first time she tried to settle on top of it. Not IN the monitor, thank God.

With a flat screen she won't even be able to warm up by lying *next* to it.

By the way, the best definition of a cat that I've run across is:

"God's way of letting you know your furniture is too good."

KFG

Slashdotted!

[artemis67]

Now if only it had a sweet web server and some sweet bandwidth....

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p4! wow!

[tulmad]

How many more times could they have mentioned "Intel's Pentium 4" in that article? Funniest part, was when I came back to write this response there was a p4 ad running on slashdot (ugh).

Wireless monitor!

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow! That's cool. How about calling it television?

Re:and power?

[babbage]

I would think that would only be a problem once.... PZZZZT!

illegal circumvention device

[libre lover]

According to the users of this device, wireless peripherals constitute an "illegal circumvention device" under the DMCA and will be filing a lawsuit against HP shortly. In the meantime they urge that all computer users stick with wired peripherals.

;)

Re:and power?

[MindStalker]

Well you can easily beam it through microwaves, and run a battery for times when the beam is crossed. Though the cat would QUICKLY learn not to cross the beam. Anyways untill we learn how to do subspace power transportation. I think the fun way would be to have 2 how swap batteries in it, and make the batteries with robot legs which are smart enough to walk over to their recharge station when they get low. And walk back and redock with your computer once filled. Get a bunch of these put the recharge station across the room and put up obstacles for it to cross. And you could have a fun time watching your pet batteries do their little labor walks. After a while it will start to feel like warcraft gold miners in your own home :)

Just Fabulous

[Francis]

I have enough trouble with finding my remote.

Now I can lose my keyboard, mouse, monitor and CPU. This is definately progress.

coffee

[Anonymous Coward]

I love the wireless cup of coffee that is featured in most of the pictures of this new comp. what would ever get done without coffee? obviously nothing.

Innovation abounds!

[TheMightyZog]

This monitor has effectively increased the surface area that I have to put the stickers from my bananas on by at least 500%. It's going to be a long time before we see another innovation like this from the computer industry.