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Ever wonder what kind of laptop you’ll be using in three to five years? Computerworld has a few concept PCs on display and, while some may be a bit out there, others are downright impressive.

With crystal ball in hand, we talked to designers, engineers and marketers about how notebooks are likely to change over the next seven years.
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Sadly, these will remain concepts for a long time.
 
I have to say I like the idea of the clamshell with 2 touchscreens. It's almost like a nintendo DS laptop :p. The Cario concept just looked. . . flawed to me.

I think the biggest challenge for laptops will be power.

I thought this was interesting, though:

Intel, for instance, has announced that its Nehalem CPU microarchitecture, set to debut later this year, will feature an integrated memory controller, eliminating the need for a front-side bus. However, it will take a long time for this trend to reach CPUs used in notebook computers -- the 2015 time frame seems reasonable, the experts agreed.
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I'm sure someone will have something to say about that ;)
 
Hey that looks really neat. Don't like the fact that screen would be exposed though. Easily get finger prints all over the place, and I'm "OCD" about finger prints on my screen.
 
Oh, and I don't think the slider concept (Compenion, I think?) would go over very well. It certainly "looks" neat, but it doesn't seem very usable. Unless you could tilt the screen up, that is.
 
prtzlboy said:
Oh, and I don't think the slider concept (Compenion, I think?) would go over very well. It certainly "looks" neat, but it doesn't seem very usable. Unless you could tilt the screen up, that is.
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Yep yep, I'm getting a sore neck thinking about it..
 
this should have been out in the 1800s. technology is WAAAAAY too SLOW!!!!

PS they'll have to work on how many virtual "keys" can be pressed @one time. imagine you are gaming and you want to strafe shoot some baddie in a fps.
 
I wouldn't want one of the dual screen laptops. I hate touch screen keyboards. I need to have more feedback than that. The keys need to have some travel to them. Typing on a flat surface like that is just wrong. As you probably guessed, I hate the iPhone's "keyboard"
 
I think it'll come out sooner than we can expect. The iPhone opened the door to the average Joe's desire for touch screens, so it's inevitable we'll get touchscreen keyboards as shown in the concept photo. The only problem I see is tactile response. I need to feel myself hitting the keys, not just a surface. Perhaps some sort of feedback that kicks the button when you tap on it. I tend to rest my fingers on keys too and I hope that won't cause letters to form.
 
havent u guys seen star trek TNG? the krew used this type of touch-screen device all the time. v. sleek+sexy imho.

and yesh i DO mean 1800s. i hate living in the present of crappy technology. i want to live 1,000+ years from now.
 
what's wrong with the clamshell design? Until they can make ultra hard polymers that are not only scratch proof but gouge proof the clamshell design makes for a very effective protection.
iPhones thos are fine and dandy because they are small, can easily be held with a single hand and used. You go to the laptop and next thing you know you have this large version of an iPhone, imagine trying to hold that and type.
 
brom42 said:
I wouldn't want one of the dual screen laptops. I hate touch screen keyboards. I need to have more feedback than that. The keys need to have some travel to them. Typing on a flat surface like that is just wrong. As you probably guessed, I hate the iPhone's "keyboard"
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How about a .01v shock then? Would that suffice?
 
JediFonger said:
havent u guys seen star trek TNG? the krew used this type of touch-screen device all the time. v. sleek+sexy imho.

and yesh i DO mean 1800s. i hate living in the present of crappy technology. i want to live 1,000+ years from now.
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People 1,000 years in the future will want to live in the future as well. Some people now want to live 1,000 years previous as life then was a far simpler. Me? I just want to get through each day. After all, each day is a new experience.

Multi-post... I know :(
 
brom42 said:
I wouldn't want one of the dual screen laptops. I hate touch screen keyboards. I need to have more feedback than that. The keys need to have some travel to them. Typing on a flat surface like that is just wrong. As you probably guessed, I hate the iPhone's "keyboard"
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Here you go


According to Red Ferret, Nokia's system is also a good deal more advanced than some similar ones already on the market, with it actually allowing for a 0.1 mm movement in the screen itself. That, combined with a pair of sensor pads under the screen, supposedly allows it to "mimic exactly the sensation of pressing a real key," complete with a "clunky click and tactile snap." What's more, it seems that the technology isn't all that far off, with Nokia's upcoming S60 handset apparently first in line to get it.
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I'd think that the slider laptop has be best chance of all of these goofy concepts to make it to market, provided that the slider pops out on a rail and then at the end of the sliding action it engages a hinge and can be angled up. The screen module would protect the keyboard (yes, I too would prefer an actual keyboard) and provide for an offset palm-rest at the same time. What is to stop the keyboard from flipping over too? That could expose another OLED touch screen for all of you who have a hard-on for such a feature.

When stowed, the screen would work as a tablet pc as the concept indicates. neat!

btw, patent pending suckers! Hah!
 
prtzlboy said:
I have to say I like the idea of the clamshell with 2 touchscreens. It's almost like a nintendo DS laptop :p. The Cario concept just looked. . . flawed to me.

I think the biggest challenge for laptops will be power.

I thought this was interesting, though:



I'm sure someone will have something to say about that ;)
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lol, these people never heard of AMD over the last few , what - 4-5 years?
 
Hmmm...let's take news like this with a huge grain of salt because how often do we see uhm....promising things like this that never come to market...



;)
 
MrGuvernment said:
lol, these people never heard of AMD over the last few , what - 4-5 years?
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QFT...

"Missing your bus:
The CPU's front-side bus will likely disappear by 2015. "

<Looks at AMD K8 cpu sitting on desk> Assembled in Malaysia (C)2001 AMD
 
I'm still shocked by the $2500 sticker price for the 11" OLED TV.
 
I doubt laptops we'll be using in 7 years will look and function like that. Why would anyone want to have a video conference in their cars? Did u see how the laptop was mounted on the wheel? It looked a bit funky.The only one that might be avalaible in 2015 is the first laptop in the montage.
 
Of course, the people using laptops mounted on their steering wheel won't last until 2016.
 
i frankly am not impressed by any of them.. especially if that is what they can expect by 2015...
 
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