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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. All I need is.. by Dynamoo · · Score: 3, Insightful
    All I need is to figure out a business justification for one now :)

    More impressive 3D spreadsheets? Awesome presentations? Hmmm...

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  2. Hope you've got a strong lap by Hieronymus+Howard · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

    A laptop with an LCD screen and a conventional monitor! How big and heavy is this thing going to be?

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  3. All this talk of a visual implementation... by CrackedButter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And yet no images of the device...ironic some might say?

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  4. Not a monitor - another LCD by danila · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's important to note that the extra LCD screen is placed on top of conventional LCD display (check the article), not a CRT monitor, as the blurb suggests.

    If it used a CRT monitor, it would hardly be a laptop, wouldn't it?

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  5. Target audience? by ThePyro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So who are they targetting with this contraption? The hard-core gamers, who are the ones most likely to spend an extra $200 on a gimmick, would scoff at gaming on a laptop. The LCD is still universally acknoledged as inferior to the CRT as far as gaming goes.

  6. RTFA by aardwolf64 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The new laptop will feature a special liquid crystal display panel that is placed on top of a conventional screen.

    It's not a conventional monitor... We're talking about a laptop here. It's a conventional LCD screen. (In case you're wondering the difference, a monitor is a free-standing device, while a screen is attached to something.)

  7. Oh great! by gunix · · Score: 2, Insightful

    this means that laptops will be even more expensive... why isn't anyone interested in creating a linuxable laptop that is not so damn expensive?

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