The world's biggest laptop??

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#1 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:30 am

I had a couple of guys in at a client of mine helping with some server stuff. One person had a ThinkPad R (I have engaged this particular person on several occasions and knew he had such a machine). The other person had been saddled with an HP Notebook. I didn't get the model number, but the machine was huge and it was heavy. Volumetrically about twice as big as my T41.

What really grabbed my attention was the power brick. 180 watts, and (I am not kidding) larger than my Toshiba Libretto Model 50 mini PC. What a monster machine to lug around. He is lobbying for a ThinkPad.
.. JD Hurst

AIX · #2 Post by **AIX** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:23 am

Sting 917 Gaming Laptop
- Dimensions: 15.6"(W) x 11.7"(D) x 1.95"(H)
- Weight: 11.3 lbs. with Battery
- 220W power supply

This thing is uh.. heavy.

NP5950
- Dimension (H) x (W) x (D) : 1.2"~1.9"x18.7"x13.5"
- Weight: 14.55lbs. with Battery

I certainly wouldn't call it a laptop.

BigWarpGuy · #3 Post by **BigWarpGuy** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:52 pm

Could it be more of a desktop replacement? (not really meant to be carried around, much?).

#4 Post by **jdhurst** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:05 pm

BigWarpGuy wrote:Could it be more of a desktop replacement? (not really meant to be carried around, much?).

Probably, which is why the person is lobbying for a ThinkPad - he is always moving around between clients. ... JD Hurst

DIGITALgimpus · #5 Post by **DIGITALgimpus** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:42 pm

I'm going with the Osborne 1

#6 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:04 pm

I think the IBM 5535 takes the winning position on bulk and weight, second only to the old sewing machine portables of the 1980s.
http://www.aichi.to/~thinkpad/ibm5535-zad/

smugiri · #7 Post by **smugiri** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:42 pm

At this point in time, the world's most powerful and expensive laptop is also the largest: the just released Voodoo Envy U909

It's a 16lbs 19 incher and it has it all. The high notes:
+ 160GB HDD
+ 4-in-1 Card Reader
+ 7.5” x 12.5” x 1.75”
+ 8X DVD+-RW Dual Layer Slot-Load DVD/CD Writer
+ AMD Turion ML/MT CPU
+ nForce4 core logic w/gigabit Ethernet
+ MiniPCI expansion
+ 19" WSXGA+ 1680x1050 LCD display
+ 8 Channel Surround Sound - 4 mbedded speakers w/ SUBwoofer
+ Dual GeForce G70M "Ultra" 256MB graphics. That's not a typo folks: its a laptop with dual video cards.

Starts at a paltry $5000 in the basic configuration.

Right now, everything else is just a toy beside this.

Website · #8 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:48 pm

I want one! (IBM 5535).

christopher_wolf · #9 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:01 pm

Now I don't remember the name of it, but bear with me

It was an old IBM 7xx Something, not a Thinkpad and it had PS2 in the name.

It weighed as much as a fully loaded medium-to-large suitcase, I kid thee not; I would estimate it at around ~25 lbs or so.

It would be placed verticall, much like a suitcase would, and open up on one side with a fold down keyboard and a connection for a mouse. The LCD was very red and would swing out via a hinge attached to the top; it also had a floppy drive that would come out and was mounted next to the screen.

Heaviest computer that was meant to be portable that I have ever seen or used.

egibbs · #10 Post by **egibbs** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:19 am

What - no one's mentioned the Kaypro yet?

I remember playing Microsoft Flight Simulator version 1,0 on a Kaypro.

Ed Gibbs

BruisedQuasar · #11 Post by **BruisedQuasar** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:34 pm

My first laptop computer was a Tandy NEC V20 clone of the Intel 8088 processor. The NEC V20 was two times faster, when two times faster meant a lot.

The Tandy weighed 27 pounds and could not be used on your lap. It was a little lighter than average for a laptop at the time. Superior to an IBM, the Tandy OS (MSDOS & Deskmate shell) was on a chip, which made booting up instant. It came with a massive 20MB hard drive!

Even today, I consider notebook computers lug-a-bout portable desktop PCs. To me, a mobile PC is a Windows CE OS NEC Mobilepro 790 or 900 with a Wi-Fi card in the PCMCIA slot and a 1Gig CF card. It has a full keyboard that is as small as you can get and still touch type, a Touch Screen, runs 8-9 hours on a battery charge, instant on-off & weighs under two pounds.

I waste no time unpacking, booting up or being chained to a table. When I need to check something out or visit a restroom, I just close my NEC, put it in a hipsack and go, nearly all in one movement. In hotels or conference rooms, I do not need to lock down an NEC, just case it and put it in a jacket pocket or carry it in one hand. I carry it in bubble wrap and have dropped it several times with no damage. You do not have the breakdown problems posed by notebooks on the go, namely damaged hard drives or cracked screens. 8-9 hours active use, built-in IrDA & Phone Modem, a small power adapter, and three hours for a full recharge.

In our home, a notebook PC is an electricity saving, portable desktop we can move from table to table or desk to desk.

smugiri · #12 Post by **smugiri** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 7:37 pm

BruisedQuasar wrote:Even today, I consider notebook computers lug-a-bout portable desktop PCs. To me, a mobile PC is a Windows CE OS NEC Mobilepro 790 or 900 with a Wi-Fi card in the PCMCIA slot and a 1Gig CF card. It has a full keyboard that is as small as you can get and still touch type, a Touch Screen, runs 8-9 hours on a battery charge, instant on-off & weighs under two pounds.

I waste no time unpacking, booting up or being chained to a table. When I need to check something out or visit a restroom, I just close my NEC, put it in a hipsack and go, nearly all in one movement. In hotels or conference rooms, I do not need to lock down an NEC, just case it and put it in a jacket pocket or carry it in one hand. I carry it in bubble wrap and have dropped it several times with no damage. You do not have the breakdown problems posed by notebooks on the go, namely damaged hard drives or cracked screens. 8-9 hours active use, built-in IrDA & Phone Modem, a small power adapter, and three hours for a full recharge.

In our home, a notebook PC is an electricity saving, portable desktop we can move from table to table or desk to desk.

Interesting and very pratical approach to mobile computing. I wish I could get to a point where I can do this too. But I definitely agree that this is the way things are going to go in the future.

Asbradley21 · #13 Post by **Asbradley21** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 3:10 pm

BruisedQuasar wrote:My first laptop computer was a Tandy NEC V20 clone of the Intel 8088 processor. The NEC V20 was two times faster, when two times faster meant a lot.

The Tandy weighed 27 pounds and could not be used on your lap. It was a little lighter than average for a laptop at the time. Superior to an IBM, the Tandy OS (MSDOS & Deskmate shell) was on a chip, which made booting up instant. It came with a massive 20MB hard drive!

Even today, I consider notebook computers lug-a-bout portable desktop PCs. To me, a mobile PC is a Windows CE OS NEC Mobilepro 790 or 900 with a Wi-Fi card in the PCMCIA slot and a 1Gig CF card. It has a full keyboard that is as small as you can get and still touch type, a Touch Screen, runs 8-9 hours on a battery charge, instant on-off & weighs under two pounds.

I waste no time unpacking, booting up or being chained to a table. When I need to check something out or visit a restroom, I just close my NEC, put it in a hipsack and go, nearly all in one movement. In hotels or conference rooms, I do not need to lock down an NEC, just case it and put it in a jacket pocket or carry it in one hand. I carry it in bubble wrap and have dropped it several times with no damage. You do not have the breakdown problems posed by notebooks on the go, namely damaged hard drives or cracked screens. 8-9 hours active use, built-in IrDA & Phone Modem, a small power adapter, and three hours for a full recharge.

In our home, a notebook PC is an electricity saving, portable desktop we can move from table to table or desk to desk.

I just got my Sharp Mobilon working today. Its great.

#14 Post by **schen** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:59 am

OK guys, here ya go: The Samsung M70 computer. Basically a 19" LCD monitor with a computer that attaches!

http://dynamism.com/m70/main.shtml

About 17"x12.3"x1.5", but not terribly heavy at 9.7lbs. All for a mere $4000. Must be why those Asian women are laughing!

#15 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 5:17 pm

That girl looks way to happy.

malone · #16 Post by **malone** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:48 am

smugiri wrote:At this point in time, the world's most powerful and expensive laptop is also the largest: the just released Voodoo Envy U909

It's a 16lbs 19 incher and it has it all. The high notes:
+ 160GB HDD
+ 4-in-1 Card Reader
...

16lbs?! That's definitely the Homer Simpson/Peter Griffin of laptops... Even Apple's 17" iMac--a desktop!--weighs less that that laptop (PSU and all!) at 15.5lbs. Imagine lugging 16lbs around on your subway commute...

#17 Post by **schen** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:01 pm

It could be worse. I used to own a PS/2 P75 (which IBM marketed as a "Portable Server), that weighed in at between 25 and 30 pounds, but hey; it came with a very nice leather case! Smoking specs though: 486DX33, 32mb of RAM, 400Mb SCSI HDD, 3.5" FDD, 4 MCA slots and a fiery red 10" plasma display. I'm afraid that it would have broken off most airplane tray tables!

christopher_wolf · #18 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:49 pm

schen wrote:It could be worse. I used to own a PS/2 P75 (which IBM marketed as a "Portable Server), that weighed in at between 25 and 30 pounds, but hey; it came with a very nice leather case! Smoking specs though: 486DX33, 32mb of RAM, 400Mb SCSI HDD, 3.5" FDD, 4 MCA slots and a fiery red 10" plasma display. I'm afraid that it would have broken off most airplane tray tables!

That is it! That is what I had; see my post previously...Thanks for that schen

#19 Post by **schen** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:14 am

Glad I could be of help

I was a little PS/2 crazed at that point. I filled it up with RAM, put a MCA ethernet card in it. Even briefly considered unsoldering the CPU and putting in a 486DX2/66 or maybe DX4/100 before coming to my senses. I also owned the 386 P70 at the time as well.

Big Blue can make you do funny things

christopher_wolf · #20 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:40 am

No kidding, I actually used that several times a day for various tasks. Windows 3.1 was the OS...And is was pretty impressive for the time too.

beeblebrox · #21 Post by **beeblebrox** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:57 am

You know, during my university time it was really difficult using notebook at libraries, because once you disappeared for a few minutes to grab a boost at the cafeteria your notebook disappeared as well.

Kensington cables were no help, they were usually the leftovers at the desk. The notebooks were gone.

A friend of mine had a brilliant idea, after I told him my travel stories to Turkey. Because of the thieves at the bus stations I used to pack everything into my huge North Face backpack. Nobody could quickly grab that 25kg load and run away. I was always safe.

So my friend got himself the Thinkpad A31. Right, that huge monstrum. It had 2 Ultrabays.
Now: He got himself 2 HDD Caddies, filled them with solid lead bricks and screwed them in at the bottom with the screws.

Yeehaa!
He could leave his notebook at the library desk all the time, even without Kensingtons. Sometimes he found it ... just a few desks further. That poor thief must have torn his shoulder by the way.
My friend just had to carry mornings/evenings that monster 20 meters to the locker.

Now, that is what I call the biggest desktop notebook.

christopher_wolf · #22 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:13 pm

beeblebrox wrote:You know, during my university time it was really difficult using notebook at libraries, because once you disappeared for a few minutes to grab a boost at the cafeteria your notebook disappeared as well.

Kensington cables were no help, they were usually the leftovers at the desk. The notebooks were gone.

A friend of mine had a brilliant idea, after I told him my travel stories to Turkey. Because of the thieves at the bus stations I used to pack everything into my huge North Face backpack. Nobody could quickly grab that 25kg load and run away. I was always safe.

So my friend got himself the Thinkpad A31. Right, that huge monstrum. It had 2 Ultrabays.
Now: He got himself 2 HDD Caddies, filled them with solid lead bricks and screwed them in at the bottom with the screws.

Yeehaa!
He could leave his notebook at the library desk all the time, even without Kensingtons. Sometimes he found it ... just a few desks further. That poor thief must have torn his shoulder by the way.
My friend just had to carry mornings/evenings that monster 20 meters to the locker.

Now, that is what I call the biggest desktop notebook.

I can believe this alright; I *never* leave my Thinkpad un-attended in the Library or elsewhere. If I need to pull it out quickly somewhere, I do just that and put it on a flat surface.

a31pguy · #23 Post by **a31pguy** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 4:31 pm

So my friend got himself the Thinkpad A31. Right, that huge monstrum. It had 2 Ultrabays.
Now: He got himself 2 HDD Caddies, filled them with solid lead bricks and screwed them in at the bottom with the screws.

Never thought about doing - this. Kinda like security by the pound?

#24 Post by **schen** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:04 pm

Of course, the downside of course is that your friend had to actually carry the thing around as well!

Shoulder, back, neck problems? I can't imagine carrying this across campus on a regular basis!

I worked for the IT department of a library of a large Texas university and our building was pretty good-sized not to mention how far away it was from student parking. I'd take my laptop (or the library's) up to the stacks fairly often, but never, ever left it around (cable or no cable)! In fact, I don't remember seeing students doing it either.

#25 Post by **schen** » Wed May 31, 2006 4:21 pm

It looks like Dell is interested in giving Sony some competition in the Boutigue computer market.

http://laptopmag.com/Features/Big-and-S ... ?source=al

NS · #26 Post by NS » Wed May 31, 2006 8:33 pm

beeblebrox wrote:You know, during my university time it was really difficult using notebook at libraries, because once you disappeared for a few minutes to grab a boost at the cafeteria your notebook disappeared as well.

Kensington cables were no help, they were usually the leftovers at the desk. The notebooks were gone.

A friend of mine had a brilliant idea, after I told him my travel stories to Turkey. Because of the thieves at the bus stations I used to pack everything into my huge North Face backpack. Nobody could quickly grab that 25kg load and run away. I was always safe.

So my friend got himself the Thinkpad A31. Right, that huge monstrum. It had 2 Ultrabays.
Now: He got himself 2 HDD Caddies, filled them with solid lead bricks and screwed them in at the bottom with the screws.

Yeehaa!
He could leave his notebook at the library desk all the time, even without Kensingtons. Sometimes he found it ... just a few desks further. That poor thief must have torn his shoulder by the way.
My friend just had to carry mornings/evenings that monster 20 meters to the locker.

Now, that is what I call the biggest desktop notebook.

Brilliant idea.
I lost 1 of my notebook last month. I locked it with targus cable lock but the thief is smarter than me. He cuts the cable. How he cuts the cable, i don't know.

Website · #27 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed May 31, 2006 8:45 pm

NS wrote:Brilliant idea.
I lost 1 of my notebook last month. I locked it with targus cable lock but the thief is smarter than me. He cuts the cable. How he cuts the cable, i don't know.

Those cable locks are worthless. There is a method available on the internet that shows you how to do it VERY quickly WITHOUT cutting the cable.

I tested the theory on the Kensington lock that I have....I had it open in about 8 seconds.

P.S.
NO, I will not explain how, in an effort to avoid spreading the "trick".

NS · #28 Post by NS » Wed May 31, 2006 9:40 pm

I did a google on this topic and i am going to buy a Kensington lock to try on it later and will report back the results. USe simple materials to unlock the lock. Fantastic and wonderful.

IMPORTANT: If you intend to leave your laptop for more than 1 minute, please bring it along with you or else it will be gone... Better be safe rather than sorry.

Website · #29 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Wed May 31, 2006 9:45 pm

NS wrote:I did a google on this topic and i am going to buy a Kensington lock to try on it later and will report back the results. USe simple materials to unlock the lock. Fantastic and wonderful.

IMPORTANT: If you intend to leave your laptop for more than 1 minute, please bring it along with you or else it will be gone... Better be safe rather than sorry.

Please do not post how you were able to unlock it, aside from using a key.

NS · #30 Post by NS » Wed May 31, 2006 9:59 pm

I am in Singapore and i know it is illegal to post something illegal. Just for your info: it took me 4 seconds to open a normal bicycle lock, now i am going to try my targus laptop lock.

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