Interesting HP 20.1" Desktop replacement

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milstein · #1 Post by **milstein** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:29 pm

Will the convertible Thinkpad Houdini looks similar to this?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/08/hp-p ... announced/

#2 Post by **gator** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:55 pm

Interesting? It's a monster!

#3 Post by **ryengineer** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:56 pm

"The Dragon" as they say.

qviri · #4 Post by **qviri** » Thu May 10, 2007 2:01 pm

gator wrote:Interesting? It's a monster!

It's a desktop replacement, pure and simple. It wins in simplicity (no separate monitor power cable, or DVI/VGA cable, or USB cable for keyboard, probably doesn't need external speakers and essentially has a built-in UPS that lasts you 30 minutes after power goes out) but loses in upgradeability and serviceability. It very likely does what it's supposed to do, and does it well. Whether it's for you is another issue...

Turbo Audi · #5 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Thu May 10, 2007 2:23 pm

Did we mention it's 15.5 pounds, 2.3-inches thick, and will bankrupt your family? Seriously, consider this one long and hard. Your kids' college education is more important than a laptop.

haaa.....at least they tell the truth!

#6 Post by **ryengineer** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:04 am

You can have a look at it here.

Stargate199 · #7 Post by **Stargate199** » Fri May 11, 2007 5:56 pm

I do not see why Dell, Acer, and HP are making these huge "portable computers". No one buys there things because they have no use. I could by a desktop for a lot less money and it would be more powerful , cheaper and I could upgrade it later. HP also has a strange desktop out that I have no clue what market that is after. I guess it is to compete with the iMac or something, but the one they had on display at Microcenter was locked up. HP needs to get their act together if they want to remain a competitor. Although looking at some of the new actual laptops they are coming out with, they should be real contenders.

qviri · #8 Post by **qviri** » Fri May 11, 2007 6:17 pm

Stargate199 wrote:HP needs to get their act together if they want to remain a competitor.

Seeing how HP is the number one PC assembler, I'd wager a guess that their competitiveness status is not in question just yet.

wilsonhs · #9 Post by **wilsonhs** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:13 am

Definitly its a lossen-weight Desktop,
also a bulletproof laptop, is it.

I cant imagine putting a crap of 15lbs on my lap to use.
Well,if i havemoney i rather buy it put at a corner at home,treat as an artistic
only use is to show how wealthy am i~lol

pianowizard · #10 Post by **pianowizard** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:21 am

Stargate199 wrote:I do not see why Dell, Acer, and HP are making these huge "portable computers". No one buys there things because they have no use.

I read somewhere that one of the intended uses is for people who need to make Powerpoint presentations in small conference rooms without projectors.

What I really don't understand is why all of them only have 1680x1050. I think these manufacturers are just lazy and slap the existing 20.1" desktop LCDs into their laptops, instead of making a new, higher-res one.

dr_st · #11 Post by **dr_st** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:31 pm

pianowizard wrote:What I really don't understand is why all of them only have 1680x1050. I think these manufacturers are just lazy and slap the existing 20.1" desktop LCDs into their laptops, instead of making a new, higher-res one.

Which immediately raises a question as to why 20" desktop LCDs only have 1680x1050.

Turbo Audi · #12 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Mon May 14, 2007 1:51 pm

My 22s are 1680 and I like it

Deckard · #13 Post by **Deckard** » Tue May 15, 2007 4:42 pm

Desktop replacement is a silly marketing phrase that some manufacturers have invented, as if it's a very interesting niche market. I call it BS. There's no replacement. Desktop is desktop, laptop is laptop.

Laptop = Mobility, it's nothing less and nothing more. Anything beyond this concept is absurdum.

hoplite · #14 Post by **hoplite** » Tue May 15, 2007 5:35 pm

dr_st wrote:
pianowizard wrote:What I really don't understand is why all of them only have 1680x1050. I think these manufacturers are just lazy and slap the existing 20.1" desktop LCDs into their laptops, instead of making a new, higher-res one.
Which immediately raises a question as to why 20" desktop LCDs only have 1680x1050.

I read that they are releasing a WUXGA in a couple months. Not sure why they don't have the WUXGA available now but then again a company that makes a 15lb laptop with a 20+" screen you have to wonder what they are thinking to begin with...

qviri · #15 Post by **qviri** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:33 am

Hello,

which do you think is preferable while moving: a 18 pound, fairly flat box the size of half a desk, or a 30 pound, much larger and much less flat box containing a tower, a second flat box the size of half a desk holding the LCD screen, and a third box containing a set of speakers?

Millions of university students move twice a year, many of them considerable distances. At my university, ten thousand students move every four months.

But sure, "desktop replacement niche" does not exist...

Interesting HP 20.1" Desktop replacement

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