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    News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    'Coming soon' could be very soon indeed.
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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    i really hope this becomes a common platform because i love it, its just brilliant!

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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    What's wrong with the conventional swivel screen like in normal convertable touchscreen laptops?
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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    The mechanism is quite awkward, bulky and not very streamlined. by the looks of the dell system you wouldn't know it was a swivel screen unless someone did it in front of you.

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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    erm bulky, no.

    It is clearly less size.

    What this has is some kind of style over substance thing going on, its got a crap awful CPU and will probably cost a lot. In the world of the Atom powered PCs people are desperately looking for a way to get their margin, tablets look to be it.
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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    Quote Originally Posted by TheAnimus View Post
    erm bulky, no.

    It is clearly less size.
    How? a big bulge out the back of a laptop vs a mechanism built into the bezel. Missing something am i?

    I agree about the performance, not particularly interested in this till they get some decent platforms into it. AMD might have just the thing on the way though!

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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    its extra, the frame on the side is purely cosmetic, if you take a laptop appart you'll see the TFT (or 'glass') some controller, and a backlight. The controllers are often moved further and further away, but on the whole they are kept close.

    As we get better with them we can make less of a bevil, but there is still some required. I bet this has all its wires going in the hindge, as such the rest of the besil the coloured bit is purely cosmetic and not reuqired. Most that have a bulky hindge were not wasting space quite so much....
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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    The Dell is the best design of convertible tablet I have seen, far smoother than the twisty old style mentioned above.

    What would be REALLY cool is if the display was wireless, so I could leave the base and keyboard on the coffee table and retire to the sofa with something lightweight. In fact a wireless touch display would be a seriously cool add-on for any PC... full tower power and sofa sitting lightness... I like that idea... and it could have an I'm away from home Android installation and ARM CPU to be a full tablet when out and about.

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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    Quote Originally Posted by kingpotnoodle View Post
    The Dell is the best design of convertible tablet I have seen, far smoother than the twisty old style mentioned above.

    What would be REALLY cool is if the display was wireless, so I could leave the base and keyboard on the coffee table and retire to the sofa with something lightweight. In fact a wireless touch display would be a seriously cool add-on for any PC... full tower power and sofa sitting lightness... I like that idea... and it could have an I'm away from home Android installation and ARM CPU to be a full tablet when out and about.
    A computer manufacturer did that - when the touchscreen slots with the keyboard, it was an Atom computer. When you pull the touchscreen out, it was some android-esqe thingy

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    Not that much more bezel really.
    Besides its about the shape of the extrusion, the new design is quite fitting all round, nothing sticking out or breaking the lines.

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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    Seen a lot of broken swivels, Dell's have two mechanisms may prove to be stronger and more durable. First piece of laptop design innovation since the IBM ThinkPad 701's Butterfly keyboard that I like.

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    Re: News - Dell Inspiron Duo to launch next week?

    What are we looking at here in terms of price?

    My rough guess sits around £700...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi_st...yer_embedded#!

    The video puts me off already, touch-screen doesn't look responsive enough + if something had problems i.e. "doesn't work" its not great either.

    Presentation skills of both chaps are just ridiculous.. Half of the time you don't see the device.

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