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I think I’m in love…with a laptop. Yet, this laptop doesn’t even exist. It is a concept design put together by PC World as a wish list of things one might want to have in a laptop. Well, when I first saw the design I almost started drooling. Ok, maybe I actually did, but only a little. I would LOVE to have dual screens built into my laptop. Many of the other features in this concept drawing I could do without but those dual screens…oh baby!

I am big into screen real estate. My old tablet PC had screen resolution of 1024 x 768 while my new tablet sports resolution of 1400 x 1050. The higher resolution makes such a huge difference. Higher resolution is something I am willing to pay extra for. Now, if they made a laptop with TWO screens built in, I would be standing in line to buy it. Think of THAT kind of screen real estate in an all-in-one design. Ideally, I would like the screens to be 12.1″ or 13.3″ and the rest of the laptop to be normal size. I would also like it to have tablet functionality using a stylus. I don’t care for the 10 key built in (I suck at accounting). It must have a touchpad as I can’t stand the stupid little eraser nub that the Thinkpads always have in the middle of the keyboard. And, it needs to have a built in optical drive. Weight IS a factor as well. With dual screens you have to accept a little more weight but I would hope it could stay below 5 pounds. I believe my current tablet is around 4 pounds. Other than that, I am not too picky although a built in Sprint data card would be nice.

Lenovo recently announced a laptop that actually DOES have dual screens although it is not quite what I am looking for. Theirs has a main screen that is 17″ and a secondary screen that slides out of it that is 10.6″. See a video of it at CES 2009. I think they should have had a 10.6″ screen slide out of both sides of the main screen. It weighs in at 11 pounds though. At nearly 3 times the weight of my current laptop, that would be a little much for me to lug around. And, I would prefer to have two identically sized screens instead of a smaller slide-out. A third negative is price. The Lenovo starts at $3,600. That’s a little out of my league. Ok, that’s a LOT out of my league. But, the concept idea is now a reality. Now it is a matter of time before the various manufacturers start putting their own twist on the idea and come out with a bunch of different dual screen laptop models to choose from. I can’t wait for the love to become a reality for me.

So, what features are on your laptop wish list? Post comments and share your ideas.

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