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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