They say "two heads are better than one." Does the same hold true for laptop computer screens? GScreen Computer Corp thinks so. The Alaska-based manufacturer has crafted what's being hailed as the first dual HD display laptop: the SpaceBook. It's a technical marvel for those who can afford the stratospheric asking price.
The monstrous setup boasts a combined 34-inches of high-definition visuals (17-inches per screen) and comes in two expensive models: a $2,395 4GB memory version, and a higher-end 8GB memory unit that features a quad processor at the slightly pricier $2,795.
Gordon Stewart, CEO of GScreen, told The Windows Team Blog that inspiration for the project was sparked from a personal experience.
"I was working on a film project in Hawaii and realized that I was going to have to move my entire desktop setup down there from my home in Anchorage to get the computing power and screen real-estate I needed," Stewart said. "That hassle made me realize that I couldn't be the only one who needed a powerful laptop with massive screen size, so I set out to build one."
Stewart is no stranger to dual-screen laptops. His company received coverage in 2009 when it showed off a smaller version of the new SpaceBook. That same year Kohjinsha launched its own non-HD (a key distinction between it and the SpaceBook 17 ) two-screen laptop for $2,1o0.
For the obsessive tech-heads out there, here are the specs for each:
SpaceBook 17- i5 4G
Dual 17.3-inch LED-backlit display screens
Intel® Core™ i5-560M
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Edition
Memory: 4 GB DDR3
Video: 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250M GPU
Hard drive. 500 . Support SATA II HDD.1 x 2.5” (9.5mm) HDD, 7200rpm
Optical drive: DVD dual (DVD + / -rw) , super multi (DVD + / -rw + DVD- RAM)
SpaceBook 17-i7 8G
Dual 17.3-inch LED-backlit display screens
Intel® Core™ i7- 740QM 4M Quad core
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional
Memory: 8 GB DDR3
Video: 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250M GPU
Hard drive. 500 . Support SATA II HDD.1 x 2.5” (9.5mm) HDD, 7200rpm
Optical drive: DVD dual (DVD + / -rw) , super multi (DVD + / -rw + DVD- RAM)
GScreen Corp. revealed that it's currently accepting reserve orders (at around half the cost down) for each and would lop off $300 from the price tags as an incentive for early adopters. (via The Windows Team Blog)
