Flip-Pad Voyager: Dual-screen Laptop

deitrahs writes "I came across this, and wept with joy. It's an Athlon-based, dual-head laptop. Yes, that's right - dual-head LAPTOP. Dual 13.3" displays. And it folds up like an old-school Transformer. Now I just need to find a buyer for this spare kidney so I can afford it - $5 thousand - but the expressions on people's faces at LAN parties will be OH so worth it."

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Dual Head gaming?

[NanoGator]

"...but the expressions on people's faces at LAN parties will be OH so worth it."

I have a dual monitor setup at home, and I play Quake a lot with it, but I haven't been able to make much use of the second screen in that game. (I do like being able to see what time it is, though.. heh.)

Does anybody know of any 'dual-head' mods for either Quake or any other FPS game that uses the second screen for anything? I'd *LOVE* if the left screen was the front view and the right screen was the rear view!! Or maybe stats? I dunno...

Just curious if anybody using dual-head has done anything interesting with it in relation to lan-party style games.

Re:Dual Head gaming?

[jeeryg_flashaccess]

I've read articles describing a great use for dual head monitors in FPS. One is normal view, the other is zoomed in view. That way every weapon is a sniper rifle. Actually I think I read that here on /.

Re:Dual Head gaming?

[Anonymous Coward]

Doom actually had this feature. You could actually set up three monitors (one for the left, front, and right view) to simulate a sort of VR environment. Some of the Doom ports nowadays have kept this feature, though I don't recall seeing anyone use it.

slashdotted already

[TDO]

I guess I'll check it out tomorrow.

There should be a less popular service that just posts yesterday's slashdot articles, so as to get around the slashdot effect. I don't mind reading stories one day late :)

It's a portable desktop...

[Steveftoth]

Personally I don't want a laptop, I want a computer that I can take from place to place without having to unplug 50 things, only like 3, mouse, power and network ( and have the option for wireless network ). If you are constantly moving around or like to put your computer on your lap then this is probably not a good computer for you, but if you want a computer that you can take to a place and sit it down for like a week straight then this is a good buy.

My only concern with it is the durability, it doesn't look too sturdy. I'd want to see it in person before buying one.

Re:Quake 3 engine games should support it

[Anonymous Coward]

I think it's worth noting that "surround" gaming is a really bad name for that feature, at least in Q3. What they are really doing is this: They set a custom frame size which is just 3 times the width of one monitor and the normal height. Then the same projection as in a normal game of Quake3 is rendered (higher fov, but still a plane) and spread out over the three monitors. To give the correct impression you would therefore have to set the monitors up in a straight line as opposed to being surrounded by game views (by turning the left and right one towards you).

Re:Resolution too small

[BattyMan]

I just spoke to my good friend who just happened to write all the video software for this laptop (in addition to many other company duties) and he told me that the resolution PER SCREEN is 1024 Vertically x 768 Across.

Then you _need_ to tell your friend that their website's spec matrix says "1024(H) x 768(V)", so that they can correct this error.

And while 1536x1024 is decent, it's still not worth 13lbs and $5000.

And can "Matthew" come up with drivers to run XFree86 on it? Inquiring minds want to know.

Re:This shouldn't really count as dual head

[PurpleFloyd]

But the Geforce4 MX/Go is basically a GF2 pumped up to higher clock and RAM speeds. It doesn't even implement a full DX8 feature set. The GF4 Titanium models are the ones with a new chipset. That said, the Nvidia mobile line finally is bringing decent graphics to the mobile market. If you can get past the blurriness of an LCD (which isn't that bad), you can finally play games on your laptop. Still, don't fool yourself into thinking it's better than your desktop system. Certain sacrifices must be made to keep power consumption and heat output to a minimum; these are not conducive to a super-high-performance GPU.