AshMan says…

From Netbook to gScreen Spacebook

AshMan says…

Netbooks have been at the centre of all the hype over the past year however there is a new laptop emerging onto the market.

In the workplace and at home the benefits of having a dual monitor setup are starting to be realised in everyday computing, but those benefits are only available in the one spot at the moment. The gScreen Spacebook may change that however as it offers a portable solution.

The gScreen Spacebook will have two 39cm screens that slide away to a single screen for storage or transportation. This design provides the benefits of dual screens however still remaining at its core a portable device. This is especially handy for video editors and photographers who prefer to work on dual screens to effectively organise their work on the go.

According to Gordon Stewart, founder of gScreen, the first Spacebooks should be available on Amazon by December.

The planned specifications for the Spacebook are:

- 2 LED backlit display screens
- Windows VISTA/ WIN XP PRO (optional)
- Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26-GHz
- 4 GB of RAM (2GB DDR2 SO-DIMM x 2)
- 320GB 7200-rpm HD
- NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GT with 512MB dedicated memory (or)
- NVIDIA® Quadro FX 1700M Graphics with 512MB dedicated memory
- 9-cell battery
- IEEE 1394 1 Graphics Card Output (15-pin, D-Sub) X 1, HDMI X 1 Mic-in X 1, Line-in x 1, Headphone X 1 PCI Express Card X 1 AC Power Adaptor Output: 19V DC, 90W Input: 100~240V AC, 50/60Hz universal Battery Pack Li-ion 9 cells

The price for the dual screen killer laptop is estimated to be around $3500. Potential buyers should be aware of the potential weight and battery drain which two screens would have compared to a more standard laptop.

For more information check out the gScreen website at www.gscreencorp.com

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