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What are your favorite insane laptops?

Mine is the Dell Rugged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F56ION4_n0

Bump and fall proof, liquid proof, sand proof (and cat hairs proof I assume), extreme heat/cold proof, can be used as a blunt weapon in an emergency. Ridiculously overkill for anyone that's not a geologist working in Antarctica or an archaeologist in the Gobi desert, and ridiculously overkill is fun

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[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 72 points 5 days ago (9 children)
[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 19 points 5 days ago

I would like to argue but I can't... you win πŸ˜… That's just... I don't have words. Just wow 🀯 🀯 🀯

Every Macbook Air in the coffeeshop crashes out of sheer terror and awe when you unfold that nerdstation.

…words fail me.

Bravo, fellow meatbag.

It doesn't look like this is even past concept stage, and it's already mostly obsolete. Is there something close to this that's a modern commercial product I can buy?

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago

OMG I must have it.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 days ago

i could definitely use something like this when i take a shit

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

I wasn't ready to see that thing. Would have sprayed my drink out if I were drinking at the moment your link loaded. lol

I would love to have that just to show to co-workers and friends, just to see their reactions. I could see it being kind of nice to have if I really really needed multiple screens. But would never want to bring it anywhere unless it is staying in a hotel room for like a week and working (which I don't have a job that would even give that situation to happen anyway). Still nice to see mobile workstations still have room for wild-ass designs like that. Kind of like how more smart phones used to have really wild selling points.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Impractical. Why would anyone ever need so many screens on the go?

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Just to bask in the ridiculous awesomeness of it.

[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)
[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

Damn. Probably the only people who wouldn’t mind the hassle.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Seems like the sort of thing that might be used to set up like a mobile command station or something. If a disaster occurs and some agency/organization needs to stand up operations at a new location immediately, things like that

Definitely highly situational, but I'm sure some organizations out there are willing to pay a pretty penny for convenience during those types of situations.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I am pretty sure desktops can be used if you are in such a situation. Portable power has been a thing for decades.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well, if you also want to bring 6 monitors with it. I think the point of this is to be highly portable and easy to store.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is going to be heavy af and it probably has battery life of 10 minutes. So it will need a charger too.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Sure, but it's not like it'd weigh more than a desktop + 6 monitors, which would also each need their own constant supply of power.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But desktops are not meant to be carried in your hand or backpack, this is.

[–] irmoz@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Maybe it's not.

[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

"Impractical. Why would anyone ever need so many screens on the go?"

For the same reason why cars that can't ride over the slightest speed bumps are sold: low self-esteem and a high urge to stroke one's own ego.

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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Why hasn't Oracle made that