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Anywhere-PC
March 19, 2010 11am
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- You can use it anywhere, 3G for networking, GPS for localization, and solar panel to charge the battery. Ambient light sensor to automatically set optimal screen brightness.
- And you can use old hardware with the serial port. And you have 8 USB ports, 2 Firewire ports, HDMI Port, E-Sata port, fingerprint reader, TV tuner and a MemoryStick Pro card reader.)
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All-Purpose Laptop
This would be a notebook and netbook and one. It would have a thin light profile with long battery life, decent processor and memory. It would have a docking system unlike any out there, it would be...
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daric
July 28, 2009 12pm
Life is sometimes amazing - about three weeks ago I thought of the exact same thing described in the main article - docking stations for laptops with discreet graphics cards.
Then I thought to myself "I wish I could speak to someone who could actually implement this." Then I happened onto the HotHardware link today and here's my idea already posted!
I thought of this when I looked at the Acer Timeline laptops that launched recently. I liked the idea of a slim laptop with a long battery life for mobile use, but I soon realized I would not be able to play anything resembling 3D games on it. The graphics card would also probably not allow the use of an additional high resolution screen.
To add a couple of thoughts of my own:
1. This docking station idea can serve to increase the upgradeability of laptops. You no longer need to buy laptop + graphics card simultaneously, but can upgrade at will.
2. You will need a seperate power supply for the docking station if you're going to power a discreet graphics card. This could possibly also power your laptop while docked.
3. Whilst the motherboard design of the laptop will be interesting, the CPU on the laptop will probably be the limiting factor on the whole setup. In essence you want a powerful chip when the laptop is docked, but a low-wattage chip when it is running on batteries. There are obviously some chips more suited to these requirements, but perhaps things like underclocking and overclocking can play a role here. The docking station could perhaps be designed to better cool the laptop, thereby improving the headroom for overclocking.
alt24
May 27, 2009 1pm
Dude! I love this idea! It would be so handy! The Powerful dock and then a netbook... excellent idea!
You could make it so when you buy the computer you can customize the dock to suit your needs...E.G gaming in my case... And also be able to easily upgrade the dock and then on a side note you could possibally use the dock as a PC by its self... But that maybe pushing it O.o
FAhry Cuple
April 22, 2009 1pm
High Cuality,
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zachman1094
April 8, 2009 7am
Hmm, this is a REALL good idea! I really like the idea where the docking station would be as big as the laptop, that's a really good idea! and the docking station would have extra processors, memory etc is a really good idea!