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NEC to Introduce 3D Laptop Next Year?

Posted by michael on from the eyestrain dept.

Hoon Mihn Fao writes "For those of you for whom 2D laptops are not awesome enough, next year NEC is coming out with a 3D laptop. No, you don't have to wear those retro red and blue glasses, but the monitor is actually an LCD screen placed on top of a conventional monitor. The company is currently seeking gaming software companies to produce games for its technology. Each unit will cost an estimated $200 more than a conventional laptop."

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  1. Games... by Rumagent · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forget about games. This could usher in a new golden era of pr0n.

    1. Re:Games... by Oscar_Wilde · · Score: 4, Funny

      Forget about games. This could usher in a new golden era of pr0n.

      Too late. Its been done.

      (That isn't a work safe link by the way).

    2. Re:Games... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Bah, it couldn't ever replace pure gold such as this page. I'll stick to the 2D.

  2. Window$ by kamakot · · Score: 2, Funny

    So will I get to see Window$ crash in 3d?

  3. I already have a 3D Laptop by Avian+visitor · · Score: 5, Funny
    next year NEC is coming out with a 3D laptop.

    As far as I can see, my laptop has height, width and depth. So it's 3D, right? Does that mean that we can expect thicker laptops in the future (that are of course more 3D than thin ultra portables we can see today?)

    actually an LCD screen placed on top of a conventional monitor.

    This is a really clever idea. Now I can see how they managed to get that real 3D feel. Using a conventional CRT monitor in a laptop certainly adds some third dimension.

    Now I can see what they are planning to do:

    1. Use CRT monitor in a laptop
    2. CRT monitors are cheaper than LCD panels, but laptop with CRT is more 3D, so it can be more expensive than conventional thin ones
    3. ...
    4. PROFIT!! :)
  4. Good by dupper · · Score: 4, Funny
    Good, these 2D laptops are frigging impossible to use in my continuum. I mean, its kinda hard to type when you can't interract with the keyboard.

    What? Read the article? I didn't even read the post. Since when did have we slashdotters read past the title before posting?

  5. Oh, man by jcsehak · · Score: 5, Funny

    For once, I RTFA. And what do I get? About 5 more words than the Slashdot blurb. No pictures, no nothing. That's it -- it's hearsay and conjecture from now on.

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  6. New improved crash screen by RickyRay · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the famous Windows "blue screen of death" will become the "blue cube of death"? ;-)

    1. Re:New improved crash screen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Alternatively it could be the "blue room of death" with optional padded walls. Talk about your immersive experiences. MS will finally have an answer to the question "where do you want to go today".

  7. NEW - Worlds First 3D EULA by falsemover · · Score: 4, Funny

    Introducing the NEW Microsoft 3D EULA; a list box of EULA text with a couple of buttons, oh, and picture of Bill reaching out to grab your nads.

    3D Windows will be a whole new release packed with new features such as the
    - 3D blue screen of death
    - the 3D EULA (previously mentioned)
    - the 3D Microsoft Wallet; reaches right into your pocket and actually installs itself!

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  8. Re:All this talk of a visual implementation... by jokell82 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe for Alanis Morisette...

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    I dunno who it is
    but it prolly is fhqwhgads.
  9. Wow. by boola-boola · · Score: 2, Funny
    but the monitor is actually an LCD screen placed on top of a conventional monitor

    ...sounds like portable vertigo, to me! _Exactly_ what I need at 40,000 feet in the air with my ears popping and my stomach ill with air-sickness.