Lenovo Announces Windows 8 Touch Portable Monitor

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  • friikazoid
    I'm starting to get irritated by the word "boasts" in every new tech article, haha
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  • g00fysmiley
    very interesting... a wifi monitor with battery and touchscreen would be really cool if the price is right, include a charging tray for use as a regular monitor and then taken to other parts of the hous eand connected via network... as long as the price isn't the same as a table ti cna really see there being a market for this... kudos lenovo
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  • TeraMedia
    $449? And it's not a full system, just a monitor and touch interface? Really?
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  • hausman
    No system? But... how will they load it with bloatware?
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  • TeraMedia
    Indeed... just a monitor. Per Liliputing, there are two models, not one. The first is 349 and is connected via USB. The second is 449, connects via wifi, and includes a battery. It won't be available until June 2013.

    http://liliputing.com/2013/01/lenovo-unveils-lt1423p-touch-mobile-monitors.html

    The USB version might be kind of useful sort-of for Win 8 PCs without touch screens. Maybe. I guess. Because spending 349 for a 13" screen seems like a really good idea. Yeah.
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  • TeraMedia
    @Zak: Are your facts correct? The Liliputing article seems to have more information, and it conflicts with yours on product (1 vs 2), weight, and potentially features.
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  • mortsmi7
    TeraMedia$449? And it's not a full system, just a monitor and touch interface? Really?But it can play crysis.
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  • andrewc513
    As a sysadmin.... I want this. Without touch. With VGA. Half price.
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  • TeraMedia
    @mortsmi7:
    But it can display crysis.

    Fixed that for ya. And no, still not impressed by it. At this price, I'd rather MSFT fixed their TermSvc shadow feature and use a tablet with RD that doesn't have to be used all the time with the base computer. I bet Lucid could come up with something awesome if they put their minds to it.
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  • andrewc513
    Realistically, I understand their logic with it despite this being a weird idea and high price. This has the profile of a large tablet, but it's a monitor. So let's say you would like a tablet for office use with a Core i7 CPU, 16GB, a hefty GPU, and a flagship SSD? Yea, not happening... But, using a tablet-sized touch monitor connecting back to a desktop will technically give you that experience.

    It's an extremely small niche, but I get the idea behind it...
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