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Toshiba Unveils Laptop With Instant-On TV & DVR

Posted by timothy on from the sure-hope-it's-better-than-near-tv-quality dept.

Patik writes "Toshiba has unveiled a new laptop, Qosmio, that allows users to watch TV or a DVD without booting the OS. The laptop turns on instantly for these functions and has a 15" near-TV quality screen. To use DVR functions like time shifting and recording, the user must boot the Windows Media Center OS."

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  1. Why widescreen laptops? by oshy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Why are laptops going widescreen? Shouldnt PCs be streaching the other way.

    Lets take an example of some poor sod using MSOffice

    They have the task bar down the bottom.
    They may have a scrolling news bar across the top.
    The will have menu bars at the top of word.
    All sorts of tool bars docked with the menu.
    What way up to we normally edit a page? Portrait, not landscape.

    I saw a secerterys PC once that had so many extra toolbars, that using Word was like working through a letterbox.