Twin-Screen Vista Laptops

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday October 4, 2006 @03:55AM from the even-i-think-that-is-kinda-stupid dept.

An anonymous reader writes ""Asus has shown off a prototype of the first dual-screen laptop, the W5Fe. These laptops, bearing the Intel codename 'Newport' have a standard screen on the inside plus a smaller, additional colour display on the outside of the lid. The second display is capable of showing video, flight departure information, movie show times, alerts, games, movies, images and MP3s, all while the laptop is switched off. According to CNET, the battery requirement for such a screen is minimal — with standard laptop batteries providing hundreds of hours of use."

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Please god make sure its by LiquidCoooled · 2006-10-04 03:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Not using Sony batteries.
Hundreds of hours of smoking hot performance.

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Abuse by Daemonstar · 2006-10-04 03:59 · Score: 5, Funny

Great, now when you go to a website, it will infect the laptop so that it shows ads or porn on the screen. :P

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Showing what now? by Monokeros · 2006-10-04 03:59 · Score: 5, Funny

The second display is capable of showing MP3s? That's handy.
I like watching audio; cuts down on noise pollution.

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Re:Technically dual screen. by truthsearch · 2006-10-04 04:04 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, then two people could play a game of Battleship with only one laptop!

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Pimp my Laptop by iSwitched · 2006-10-04 04:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Yo dog, we took your boring laptop and added a 7" monitor!

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Re:it's not "twin" by jank1887 · 2006-10-04 04:28 · Score: 4, Funny

think DeVito and Schwarzenegger
Re:All this while switched off? by Yvan256 · 2006-10-04 04:29 · Score: 4, Funny

If that Portal Player chip is part of the laptop, isn't it false advertising to say "it runs even when powered off"? If it's off, then all of the laptop is off.

Can't wait to hear about people boarding airplaines with these laptops...

Business suit: "But miss, my laptop IS turned off!"
Hostess: "Then why is that external screen still working?"
Business suit: "Beats me!"
Hostess: "Security! We have a suicide bomber with a laptop countdown bomb!"

Or something...
ObGhostbusters by Rob+T+Firefly · 2006-10-04 05:00 · Score: 4, Funny

"Listen! ....You smell something?"

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Re:All this while switched off? by suv4x4 · 2006-10-04 05:09 · Score: 4, Funny

But that's my point. If there's a second motherboard (no matter the size) and a 2nd battery for it, it's still part of "the laptop". If the laptop is off, it means all its components should be off.

Oh sorry I didn't know you're after a bitchfest, I would've brought my heavy dictionary so we can be pedantic together on what "turned off laptop" means.