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On Thu, 24 May 2018 06:20:58 GMT, J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com>
wrote: 

> On Wed, 23 May 2018 23:44:34 -0500, William Leara <wle...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>On Wed, 23 May 2018 05:28:59 -0400, J. Clarke
>><jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Tue, 22 May 2018 20:18:39 -0500, William Leara
>>><wle...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:01:39 GMT, usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 20:11:09 +0000, Rob Morley <nos...@ntlworld.com>
>>>>>wrote: 
>>>>>>On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 19:53:51 GMT
>>>>>>usenet@only.tnx (Questor) wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What's that you say?  You want computers with interesting form
>>>>>>> factors?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> http://slodive.com/inspiration/custom-computer-cases/
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> https://www.webpagefx.com/blog/web-design/30-beautiful-custom-pc-
>>>>>>> case-designs/ 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>Modding a case usually does nothing to the underlying form factor.
>>>>>
>>>>>I presented these for entertainment purposes only;  please -- no
>>>>>wagering. 
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm not even sure what you mean by "underlying form factor."  If
>>>>>you're honest, you'll admit you can't say with certainty what the
>>>>>architecture is for most of these machines.
>>>>>
>>>>>"Back in the day," it was possible to "homebrew" some electronic
>>>>>"glue" and perhaps interconnect off-the-shelf components into a
>>>>>unique machine & write a basic OS for it.  But for most people,
>>>>>just getting the stuff to work in a simple configuration was
>>>>>challenging enough.  For all the bitching here about Wintel, there
>>>>>is obviously a strength to having a larger installed 
>>>>>base/community/market. 
>>>>
>>>>The Dell XPS M2010 was quite a neat form factor.  Like a briefcase
>>>>that opens into a gorgeous portable computer.  Beautiful 20" screen,
>>>>detachable keyboard, etc.  Nice:
>>>>
>>>>https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1970655,00.asp
>>>>
>>>>https://www.prlog.org/10778486-m2010keyboard.jpg
>>>
>>>Not sure where the market would be though.  It weighs 18 pounds and
>>>runs three hours.  A typical 17" laptop today weights 4 pounds and
>>>runs 8 hours.  And 40"+ 2 megapixel screens are ubiquitous--there's
>>>no need to carry a big screen around with you.
>>
>>I don't think it was a big market success--just saying that it was an
>>interesting form factor. (the subject of this thread)  Anyway, it was
>>2006--there were no 17" laptops weighing 4 lbs and running 8 hours in
>>2006, 
> 
> No, they weighed 7 pounds and ran 5.5 hours.
> 
>>nor were there 40" 2 megapixel screens around.
> 
> Someone needs to tell Sony, Panasonic, and Toshiba.  They seem to
> think they were selling them at that time.  Not as ubiquitous as they
> are today of course.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>>--William Leara
>>wle...@hotmail.com
> 

a 40" screen on a laptop would be a bit tricky^w awesome though!

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