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90 points posted to Laptops by fastm3driver 02/23/07

This is very simple!
Sell 2 or 3 different Laptops as desktops. Remove the screen, keyboard, touch sensor and battery and replace the keyboard with a flat sheet or metal so you can put a monitor on it. Worst case make it plastic and include a vertical stand. One part to tool up and this would be a smaller volume than a Mac Mini and cost less if based on a 6400. The M1210 would be a good fit too.
It would be so light you could Velcro it to the side of the desk. Very quiet too and would make a sweet HTPC with the buttons in the front.

An improved version would mount to the back of monitors or would have the CD drive in the front. A front power button would be good too.
Include bluetooth, and BT keyboard and mouse, and a USB TV tuner and it could sell for under $1000.
In the past laptops would not be powerful enough, but now they are plenty fast.

fastm3driver 02/23/07	OMG, perfect!
kenjennings 02/23/07	I'd buy one. Or two.
wmealing 02/25/07	I wouldnt mind one with battery actually, nothing like battery power to know that you still have your work for a few minutes if the power goes out for a minute or two. Perhaps a suspend to disk on power loss would be neat :)
henkpoley 03/29/07	The wording is a bit crude, but okay, neat idea. Btw, Apple iMacs are basically laptop system glued to a screen. Well.. they do use 3.5" HD and a bigger fan+heatsink than laptops.
kyliemanders 03/29/07	nice idea
generalchaos13 Mar 28	i just posted and idea based on intels atom on that but a bit smaller then this >>>>> http://www.mini-itx.com/store/?c=26

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