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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 69 points 1 day ago (9 children)

…words fail me.

Bravo, fellow meatbag.

[–] dRLY@lemmy.ml 3 points 19 hours 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.

[–] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 day 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.

OMG I must have it.

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?

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

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

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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

[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 1 points 10 hours ago

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

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

Just to bask in the ridiculous awesomeness of it.

[–] Outwit1294@lemmy.today 2 points 19 hours ago
[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 19 hours 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 13 hours 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 10 hours 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 9 hours ago

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.

[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 1 day ago

Why hasn't Oracle made that