Dual-screen laptop goodness
February 14, 2007 | 09:56
We're suckers for technology that looks cool and fancy, regardless of whether it's actually practical or really useful. The Estari 2Vu is one of those products that elicits geek-lust upon first viewing, shortly followed by a resigned "Huh?"
The 2Vu is a dual-screen laptop, which has two 1024x768 15" screens, both of which are touchscreens so that you can use pen navigation. The specs are pretty neat, although not widly over the top for a portable computer - there's a Core Duo running at 1.83GHz, 1-2GB of RAM and 60-100GB hard drive, along with integrated Intel graphics.
There's no data on how heavy this is, or the exact size, but a 15" notebook is not really the kind of thing you want to be holding like a book. Sure, you could rest it on your lap, and you could even put it on a desk and connect up a keyboard and mouse for an all-in-one dual-screen workstation. But we're pretty sure that Estari's claims that "The form and long battery life from Estari opens the door to a new era of mobile computing" is not so true as 'opens the door to really achey arms'.
We can imagine that this would be an awesome product in a smaller form factor - a couple of 8-10" screens arranged like this with a pen interface would be incredible, just like a plus-size Nintendo DS. But as it is, the 2Vu strikes us as a little unwieldy. Which isn't to say we wouldn't enjoy using one for a while!
What do you make of the device? Would it suck you in at its $4350 price point? Let us know over in the forums.
The 2Vu is a dual-screen laptop, which has two 1024x768 15" screens, both of which are touchscreens so that you can use pen navigation. The specs are pretty neat, although not widly over the top for a portable computer - there's a Core Duo running at 1.83GHz, 1-2GB of RAM and 60-100GB hard drive, along with integrated Intel graphics.
There's no data on how heavy this is, or the exact size, but a 15" notebook is not really the kind of thing you want to be holding like a book. Sure, you could rest it on your lap, and you could even put it on a desk and connect up a keyboard and mouse for an all-in-one dual-screen workstation. But we're pretty sure that Estari's claims that "The form and long battery life from Estari opens the door to a new era of mobile computing" is not so true as 'opens the door to really achey arms'.
We can imagine that this would be an awesome product in a smaller form factor - a couple of 8-10" screens arranged like this with a pen interface would be incredible, just like a plus-size Nintendo DS. But as it is, the 2Vu strikes us as a little unwieldy. Which isn't to say we wouldn't enjoy using one for a while!
What do you make of the device? Would it suck you in at its $4350 price point? Let us know over in the forums.
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