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What are your favorite insane laptops?
Mine is the Dell Rugged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F56ION4_n0
Bump and fall proof, liquid proof, sand proof (and cat hairs proof I assume), extreme heat/cold proof, can be used as a blunt weapon in an emergency. Ridiculously overkill for anyone that's not a geologist working in Antarctica or an archaeologist in the Gobi desert, and ridiculously overkill is fun
Mine.
Quad screen portable setup, baybeh! Razer's Valerie aint got nuttin' on me!
your desktop backgrounds I can't ๐๐๐
GPD Win Max 2. I love this little thing so much. ~8-10 hours of battery life, up to 64GB RAM, 16-core Ryzen on the newest model, 2K display. It's only 10 inches and it can run Cyberpunk with raytracing. It also has two slots for SSD's and an optional LTE module.
The sticks are hall effect sensors, so there's no drift (looking at you, Nintendo). The keyboard is backlit and feels way too satisfying for something this small. (I actually like typing on it)
On the backside of the device, you can slide out two metal covers and place them on top of the thumbsticks, hiding them and making the device look more professional.
I once took this to a customer doing a training session and dropped the line "This thing is more powerful than all the computers in this room" and it was probably true.
10/10 device - it's a solid laptop though I worry about longevity (they're a bastard to repair because the arts are all hard to find).
Upside is it's the perfect machine for travel gaming!
That's true, but I found parts like the bottom chassis, display assembly and keyboard on Aliexpress. They probably have the joystick modules too.
The only thing I couldn't find were the actual rubber thumbsticks, which might become a problem in the future when they wear out. GPD promised to sell them individually a while ago, but as of yet, they haven't done so.
Do you grip the device in both hands to use the joysticks, or do you just move them around with your thumbs? It looks rather thick, but also very cool.
Have they gotten better? I had the first GDP Win and it was really underwhelming.
It is really well made. I had to take the whole machine apart to put in a QWERTZ keyboard and almost everything is easily replaceable and maintainable. The frame feels as sturdy as a typical Macbook chassis, the joystick elements are screwed in and can be swapped quickly, the motherboard and cooling system are also well assembled.
The only thing I hated is that they glued the power button onto the backlight foil of the keyboard. I don't know what they were thinking, but glueing a flimsy flextape onto a flimsy foil is a horrible decision. Granted, most people probably never change their keyboard (but they didn't have the 64GB model with German layout back when I bought it).
This bad boy can take two 5.25"s at same time.
Same
TWO floppy readers? ๐ฎ
My father had an Osborne 1. Loved it, played so many hours of Space Invaders on it. :)
ThinkPad W701DS. Depending on configuration it has an intergrated Wacom digitiser w/ pen, a built-in Pantone colorimeter, two RAIDed hard drives and of course the glorious second screen that pops out.
The w700ds/w701ds ("Dual Screen")
... was not Lenovo's last try at putting two screens on a laptop; see also the X1 Fold and Yoga 9i
I was laughing my ass off at the "two 250GB hard drives" until I saw that the video was 16 years old ๐ฎ
the design is insane, the people behind it are insane, the story is double-insane.
Wait. Is that windows AND android ?
yes. yes it is.
Whaaat? I can't believe someone thought this was a good idea ๐
Reminds me of SOL, a solar powered rugged laptop running Ubuntu. I think they are on that for the past 10 years or something.
I won't lie that's pretty cool!
I got a couple I really like, though for vastly different reasons:
I actually used OPs Dell as a paramedic. It wasn't bad but I still prefer toughbooks
I am on my third Rugged. Two lemons, third one is fine. Beware, these have hardware issues and get the extended warranty.
The laptop with a full sized mechanical keyboard on it. Oh and dual 330w power bricks.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/407225/acer-predator-21-x-review.html
MSI titan line of monsters "technically a laptop, but is closer to a overkill desktop gaming monster". They all weighs like 6 kilos
your Rugged reminded me of GRiD and it looks like they are still in business!
https://www.griduk.com/products/rugged-laptops/gridcase-1590/
This was recently featured on Linus Tech Tips: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Ruggedized-trifold-computer-offers-three-18_1600635369600.html
Wow, that looks like something I'd drag to LAN parties in the late 90s.
