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Toshiba Introduces A 17"-Screen Laptop

Posted by timothy on from the antigravity-module-would-be-good dept.

George Wright writes "Toshiba have announced a monster of a laptop with their Satellite P25. Seems they've decided to copy Apple's idea of fitting a 17" LCD on a laptop, but have ended making a true aircraft carrier in doing so. Notable "features" are the 2.8GHz P4, the 802.11a/b and the 10lb weight (!!!). Still a relatively low resolution though :("

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  1. Market by Chris_Stankowitz · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Exactly what is the market for a Laptop like this? I Understand Apple's market, the users that are using it for Graphic work. But, what PC apps (except maybe games) does having a 17' Laptop enhance? Any ideas?

  2. Re:Why are 17" PC Notebooks heavier than MACs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "there is nothing to distinguish one box from another"

    Whereas in the Apple world, each box is ugly as fuck, but in a different way. I look forward to the launch of each successive Apple product, as I like to laugh at the price, and marvel at what shade of tacky see-through plastic it's made out of this time.

  3. Apple was not first by t0ny · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Seems they've decided to copy Apple's idea of fitting a 17" LCD on a laptop,

    It may make you feel all warm and fuzzy to think that, but Apple wasnt the first company to make a laptop with a 17" screen, nor did they invent the technology for creating the 17" LCD panel.

    The only thing they did invent was making computers in gay colors, and shitty, round, one button mice which can also serve as a hockey puck. Oh ya, and making people over-pay for underpowered equipment- they pioneered that area too.

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