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A negative of installing a new motherboard

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Doug McCaughan

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I am pleased to have my workstation working again. I miss the portability of working on Tommy’s laptop but nothing compares to having multiple monitors for productivity. When will they make a laptop with a screen that can fold out so that the laptop itself will have 2 or 3 screens? Imagine. Fold up to reveal the keyboard and one screen. Need more real estate? Fold the screen to the left and you now have 2 screens and a keyboard. Need more? A 3rd section folds out to the right and now you have a keyboard and 3 screens and portability! Oh how I dream.

Anyhow, seems my machine is still not up to par. Windows just informed me that I have to install service pack 3, again. (since installing the new motherboard required reinstalling Windows core files)

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7 responses to “A negative of installing a new motherboard”

  1. Steve Skinner Avatar
    Steve Skinner

    I think your dream machine might weight a ton!

  2. Cathy Avatar
    Cathy

    What if, instead of monitors, it had multiple projectors?

  3. Doug McCaughan Avatar
    Doug McCaughan

    Steve Skinner- I thought of that. What if the left and right screens were lcd that rolled up (ala epaper) with no frame but instead was supported by a single firm rod that extended from the main frame. Of course, Cathy’s projector idea works.

    What I really want, is 5 pens. (See also)

  4. Doug TML (UTK'91) Avatar
    Doug TML (UTK’91)

    Well, since you’re not running a “real” OS, this might work for you, though I think calling it a “laptop” might be generous.

    http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/21/lenovo-thinkpad-w700ds-dual-screen-laptop-details-and-pics-unear/

  5. Doug McCaughan Avatar
    Doug McCaughan

    That’s cool! You don’t think we could get Ubuntu on that?

  6. Doug TML (UTK'91) Avatar
    Doug TML (UTK’91)

    No idea. Would make it halfway usable. Shoot, would be interesting to see OS X on it too! Tell you what, send me one and I’ll see what I can do!

  7. Doug McCaughan Avatar
    Doug McCaughan

    Haha. Now that’s funny!

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