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RooneyX · May 25, 2003, 10:50 AM

I"m so used to my 17 inch that it feels smaller now. I want a 20 inch.

The Placid Casual · May 25, 2003, 11:07 AM

Why not just buy a 23HD display?

AssassyN · May 25, 2003, 12:04 PM

Originally posted by The Placid Casual:
Why not just buy a 23HD display?

Oooooh yes.

euphras · May 25, 2003, 12:19 PM

This would be the ultimate mod: take the mainboard and other guts of a Ti or an Big-Al and place it inside a 20" or 23" cinemadisplay. External keyboard gets connected via bluetooth....woa!!! impressive

RooneyX · May 25, 2003, 05:22 PM

Doh. How's a 23 inch Cinema display gonna fit down my pants?

mgehman · May 25, 2003, 09:08 PM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
I"m so used to my 17 inch that it feels smaller now. I want a 20 inch.

Oh you're talking about a laptop...sorry

BigDaddy · May 25, 2003, 10:28 PM

Originally posted by mgehman:
Oh you're talking about a laptop...sorry

rotfl

BigDaddy · May 25, 2003, 10:29 PM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
I"m so used to my 17 inch that it feels smaller now. I want a 20 inch.

You could get the Inspiron 8500 with the same resolution as the 23 inch HD by apple.

mrtew · May 26, 2003, 08:03 AM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
I"m so used to my 17 inch that it feels smaller now. I want a 20 inch.

Just play around with some other guys 12's and 15's for a while and your 17" will feel huge again!

Hozie · May 26, 2003, 08:21 AM

Originally posted by mrtew:
Just play around with some other guys 12's and 15's for a while and your 17" will feel huge again!

iXavier · May 26, 2003, 02:00 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:
Just play around with some other guys 12's and 15's for a while and your 17" will feel huge again!

We're still talking about laptops, right?

Most people won't let their 12" or their 15" go astray for too long.

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beachmark · May 26, 2003, 03:00 PM

Gents, you might be joking about screen size but actually it is not an impossibility. When you take into consideration that it is already possible to make a role up screen for television why not one for a portable as well. The role up keyboard is already known to us for quite some time. I truly believe that in some years time we have a processor with a role up screen and keybord in our bag.

And as far as you want a bigger screen today is concerned just connect your TiBook to a beamer and hen you can hae a screen of more than 100 inch on your wall. (and those beamers are easy to carry with you nowadays)

RooneyX · May 26, 2003, 03:59 PM

Originally posted by beachmark:
Gents, you might be joking about screen size but actually it is not an impossibility. When you take into consideration that it is already possible to make a role up screen for television why not one for a portable as well. The role up keyboard is already known to us for quite some time. I truly believe that in some years time we have a processor with a role up screen and keybord in our bag.

And as far as you want a bigger screen today is concerned just connect your TiBook to a beamer and hen you can hae a screen of more than 100 inch on your wall. (and those beamers are easy to carry with you nowadays)

Roll one for us then.

chrisutley · May 26, 2003, 10:09 PM

For some reason this thread has given me an idea for a new nickname for the 17":
Big Gay Al's, Big Gay Laptop

Originally posted by mrtew:
Just play around with some other guys 12's and 15's for a while and your 17" will feel huge again!

Mohammed Al-Sabah · May 27, 2003, 06:23 AM

hehe dont think they would ever make a bigger laptop... it would be huge .. they might make a HOME laptop as in a laptop that is big but not recom for travel and what not.. only time will show

mgehman · May 27, 2003, 10:06 AM

Originally posted by BigDaddy:
rotfl

I think what he wants is a larger hard drive to overcome his floppy.
All I can say is my 17" inch is rigidly constructed with a large hard drive so that I can use all of my RAM.

Vicious · May 27, 2003, 03:36 PM

Sounds like your compensating for something my friend...

dettociao · May 27, 2003, 05:47 PM

Originally posted by mrtew:
Just play around with some other guys 12's and 15's for a while and your 17" will feel huge again!

WTF?! oh... again a laptop.

RooneyX · May 27, 2003, 10:08 PM

So I went to the store to see if I could upgrade to a 20 inch or if there were any accessories to go with what I have and there was this girl there looking around. She wasn't sure what she wanted so the assistant took out a 12 inch and showed it to her in different positions. I had my 17 inch with me and I showed it to her and then she finally made up her mind. She was really impressed by the solid construction and features.

mgehman · May 28, 2003, 08:39 AM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
So I went to the store to see if I could upgrade to a 20 inch or if there were any accessories to go with what I have and there was this girl there looking around. She wasn't sure what she wanted so the assistant took out a 12 inch and showed it to her in different positions. I had my 17 inch with me and I showed it to her and then she finally made up her mind. She was really impressed by the solid construction and features.

So did you have a smoke afterward?

RooneyX · May 28, 2003, 09:38 AM

Originally posted by mgehman:
So did you have a smoke afterward?

The 17 inch might be big but after using it intensively for an hour it gets quite hot and I do worry about the smoke.

jindrich · May 28, 2003, 10:22 AM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
The 17 inch might be big but after using it intensively for an hour it gets quite hot and I do worry about the smoke.

LOL

anyway i perfectly understand the size thing. I used to have a 12" icebook, and when i got the Titanium i thought, oh my good this screen is monster!

6 months later, my feelings 've changed so much as to even consider the Ti a small computer. i want more screen.

an IMAX powerbook anyone?

rcarlosnyc · May 28, 2003, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by RooneyX:
The 17 inch might be big but after using it intensively for an hour it gets quite hot and I do worry about the smoke.

I use my 17" PowerBook for hours at a time and it does not not run hot. The only time the fan turns on is when I'm playing a game or watching a DVD.

iXavier · May 29, 2003, 12:43 AM

Originally posted by Mohammed Al-Sabah:
hehe dont think they would ever make a bigger laptop... it would be huge .. they might make a HOME laptop as in a laptop that is big but not recom for travel and what not.. only time will show

Does anyone remember the failed internet appliances by companies like Compaq and 3Com?

Laptops are meant to be taken with, iMacs and Cubes are meant to be home computers that can move (but generally do not).

I wonder if Apple could come up with a good internet appliances. What a horrible niche, though. NewtonII, anyone?

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