It's a Laptop - It's a Desktop

pcman cuts and pastes: "Amidst the hollowed halls and exhibition floor of the Jacob Javits Center here, one beacon of innovation shone brightly at the TechXNY trade show. At a time when even the show's keynote speakers failed to generate headlines, IBM showed off the might of its design savoir-faire akin to the European assault on the Big Three automakers by German designers and engineer."

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[Anonymous Coward]

I've had one of these IBM Convertibles for ages! Sorry to see they're planning to lose the widescreen LCD in the new revision... :-)

Re:Innovation?

[cosmo7]

Apple must have been using their time machine:

Powerbook: October 1991
ThinkPad: October 1992

The STacy has "the same form factor" in as much as it is a clamshell design, which had already been done by Toshiba.

Re:Upgrading my IBM Laptop

[PhoenixK7]

Um, try Apple:

1. 16 or 17" UXGA LCD (preferrably 17")

got it

2. RAM expandable to 1 GB (graphics work eats RAM)

got it (up to 2 GB of DDR ram)

3. Lighted keyboard

got it (on 17" and 15" models)

4. Onboard LAN (both wire and wireless)

got it (802.11b/g on all powerbooks 12/15/17)

5. CD/CDRW/DVD combo drive

got it (well, dvd burner/cdrw/cd is standard)

6. Minimum 60 GB HD internal

got it (80 GB standard)

7. Quality sound/graphics

got it (radeon 9600 with 64 MB)

8. NO restrictions on what OS I choose to run

well, you can't run windows (natively) but you can certainly run OS X, Linux, Darwin, and a bunch of other operating systems

Certainly you have to pay a pretty penny for one of these suckers ($3000 base) but hey, with what you're asking for all you really need to bump up is the ram (512mB DDR333 included).

Re:Am I the only one that...

[JaredOfEuropa]

If you use your laptop a lot on travels, you'll appreciate the advantages of this model. The advantage doesn't show itself when you use on your lap, for example whilst in an airplane, but it does when you sit down in your hotel room or the client's office for a few hours of work. Most laptops are awful for prolonged work periods. Sure you can hook up an external keyboard to a regular laptop, but you'll have to lug it along all the time, and the screen remains at an awkward position.

I need my data and applications in many different locations, and I hate having to lug around an extra keyboard, not to mention having to hunt around for a few thick books to prop my laptop on and bring the screen to a comfortable height. I'd love to have a laptop like this.