Acer Working on a Touchscreen Keyboard Laptop
Look ma, no keys!
Digitimes reports that Acer is working on a frameless laptop that will use the back of the panel's glass substrate as the cover for the notebook. Citing "sources from notebook players," Digitimes says the super-slim laptop will also feature a touch keyboard, as opposed to a traditional, tactile touch keyboard.
Digitimes sources say Acer will adopt Corning's reinforced glass substrate, print color on the back and use the substrate like a notebook cover for a frameless design. The move will make for an ultra-slim design and will also reduce cost of materials.
The laptop is said to be launching in the second half of this year.
Basically just traditional design. There's really nothing behind the bezel aside from the screen power source, that can easily be moved into the base of the laptop itself.
Then I can set it up and get my Star Trek:TNG keyboard I have always wanted!
There, I fixed the title for you.
Ugh...
Yeah, when I was posting this, I was contemplating a throw away remark about how quickly it would break if I owned one. "Oops, dropped it."
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/08/acer-working-on-frameless-laptop-with-touchscreen-keyboard/?s=t5
It looks very slick. I wouldn't use it as my main PC but would make an awesome thing to have for Starbucks visits.
That's a picture of a similar Fujitsu concept, not the Acer concept.
Touchscreen layer is cheaper than a real keyboard but it definitely doesn't type as well!
It's not what is behind them, it is what they are for in the first place that's important. Imagine trying to design a car that was all glass from the door handles up. Even convertibles need some framework to resist stretching, compressional, and torsional forces. The bezel is there to provide strength and protection to the screen itself.