Laptop with built-in Wacom tablet.

[cresshead]

intersting idea...i think i'll stick to me h.p. tablet pc for now though.

[lovisx]

they should get rid of the finger touch pad

[cresshead]

err just read the specs..it's a QUAD CORE! laptop!
first one i've seen...wow so how come apple don't have a quadcore imac yet if you can make a 17" laptop with 4 cores?

nice to see quads moving into the laptop area finally!

[Steve Green]

There have been quads before, but they're desktop chips I believe rather than ones designed for laptops.

Not sure how hot that means this is going to run...

- Steve

[Lone Deranger]

To quote Ahnold: "One ugly muddafokkah.."

err just read the specs..it's a QUAD CORE! laptop!

That's not a laptop... it's an 8 lbs desktop replacement.

[heavyness]

i guess us left handed people are shit out of luck...

even if the touch pad turns off automatically when you are using the Wacom, the second i stop drawing, my hand will be on contact with the touch pad causing the cursor to move.

fail.


for the love of god, someone put a [good] wacom tablet behind the monitor of a tablet pc, until then, good day sir!

[Szos]

I think I mis-typed when it came to the thread title... laptop is not really a good description. Portable is better since this is a heavy, and probably very thirsty computer.

[cheebamonkey]

i guess us left handed people are shit out of luck...

even if the touch pad turns off automatically when you are using the Wacom, the second i stop drawing, my hand will be on contact with the touch pad causing the cursor to move.

fail.


for the love of god, someone put a [good] wacom tablet behind the monitor of a tablet pc, until then, good day sir!

how many left handed laptops you think they'd actually sell in an effort to make a profit on the manufacturing part of it?

[subtlebluetones]

how many left handed laptops you think they'd actually sell in an effort to make a profit on the manufacturing part of it?

put it in the middle then, and do away with the touch pad. Im a lefty too. A hell of a lot of artists are. (the best of us :D)

The drawing area looks alil too small for any decent use. but at least right handed people will be able to keep thier hands on the keyboard.

[L.Rawlins]

how many left handed laptops you think they'd actually sell in an effort to make a profit on the manufacturing part of it?

More than they will now. Although this half-assed implementation is hardly going to fly off the shelves anyway.

If a picture's worth a thousand words that monster's its own obituary. :D

[subtlebluetones]

More than they will now. Although this half-assed implementation is hardly going to fly off the shelves anyway.

If a picture's worth a thousand words that monster's its own obituary. :D

Looks dont bother me. Im more of a function over fashion guy. With electronics at least. Give me a cheap functional laptop over a sexy overpriced gizmo anyday. And to be fair i wouldnt mind giving this a lil road test. I wouldnt shell out for it though cos i already have a tablet pc which does me dandy.

[L.Rawlins]

Looks dont bother me. Im more of a function over fashion guy. With electronics at least. Give me a cheap functional laptop over a sexy overpriced gizmo anyday. And to be fair i wouldnt mind giving this a lil road test. I wouldnt shell out for it though cos i already have a tablet pc which does me dandy.

I wasn't specifically panning its looks in that quote. From my perspective it's not serving much of a purpose over that of a much lighter, much more portable notebook and a seperate A5 tablet, nor is it selling the idea of combining the two with any particular ingenuity.

[subtlebluetones]

I wasn't specifically panning its looks in that quote. From my perspective it's not serving much of a purpose over that of a much lighter, much more portable notebook and a seperate A5 tablet, nor is it selling the idea of combining the two with any particular ingenuity.

yea i know what u mean. its still pretty cool though. i wouldnt mind it for free put it that way:)

[zissou]

Got a chance to have a play with this W700 today at Siggraph. It's tablet is surprisingly responsive in photoshop - didn't get a chance to trial any 3D apps with it though. sadly it has been designed strictly for right-handers and the pen has only one button. Also, since the thing is the size of a small aircraft carrier, it's not a very practical portable device, but those specs are insane!

[FreakWizz]

They should just license the cintiq technology and make it a detachable/tablet style...
Bugger the mini pad, when these days the touchscreen wacom tablets should be good enough and cheap enough for laptops for widespread adaption. Forget handwriting, i want full Intuos style but on the notebooks screen.

[cheebamonkey]

They should just license the cintiq technology and make it a detachable/tablet style...
Bugger the mini pad, when these days the touchscreen wacom tablets should be good enough and cheap enough for laptops for widespread adaption. Forget handwriting, i want full Intuos style but on the notebooks screen.

not me.... keep the tablet separate. cake with a bamboo.

[switchblade327]

So it's clearly a desktop replacement and not a laptop, right? So if you're going to be setting up your mobile office, why not just throw a Bamboo in your heavy-ass laptop bag? Or use a tablet? A cintiq laptop would be great but this just seems kind of pointless.

[eek]

how many left handed laptops you think they'd actually sell in an effort to make a profit on the manufacturing part of it?

1/10th to be precise.

[switchblade327]

1/10th to be precise.

I would content that percentage to be much higher in the kinds of professions and hobbies that would have use for a wacom.

[subtlebluetones]

I would content that percentage to be much higher in the kinds of professions and hobbies that would have use for a wacom.

Yep, i was going to say pretty much the same thing.

[DaddyMack]

me puts my vote in for a cintiq tablet too

[cresshead]

one day apple will deliver a tablet pc..till then my h.p. tablet pc rules my house for such tasks as zbrush and toon boom studio

[eek]

I would content that percentage to be much higher in the kinds of professions and hobbies that would have use for a wacom.

I was going on world population, myself a lefty included.

[subtlebluetones]

I was going on world population......

thats what we assumed.

[cresshead]

I was going on world population, myself a lefty included.

include me in your numbers... [left handed]

[Lone Deranger]

I have certainly noticed a higher percentage (higher than the global average) of lefties in this industry. Same for dyslexia. Let's face it, artists are a peculiar breed. :arteest:

[Zerflag]

very nice looking laptop. shame about the no left handed model, though. i had a brief discussion with a lenovo rep at siggraph about it. not too likely they'll release a lefty model. ah well.

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