"Man, wait til you see my laptop. It's so big it needs a desk. What do you mean that defeats the purpose?"

Digo

It's for someone who wants a desktop they can take out when needed. If you live on an RV, boat, Manhattan apartment, this might be a good idea compared to having two computers which would cost as much to get this performance.
For me, I wouldn't do it as battery run time would be in the abyss with a screen that large. Nine pounds pretty much ruins the idea of traveling a lot, add the chargers, spare battery, and other nik naks and you're well beyond bowling ball territory.
I have a Sony Vaio with 13" screen, it's 3lbs with extended battery and you can watch DVD's on it with wireless. Being able to burn CD's makes moving stuff back and forth easy. I just can't see going for this brick unless you must only have one computer and travel isn't on the menu very often. Maybe for the person who takes it to the office and plugs it in there, then takes it home. Might be a good idea, especially since you could leave the battery at home and have a power cord at each place.

Hello_Newman

I've always heard bad things about Acers and their specs thought I've never really looked it up... huh

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@Tiago Sartor: Especially the price tag. Opposite, I said....

Mandatory_Field

@Mandatory_Field: except for the price tag.

Tiago Sartor

The menu buttons on the left look awesome. Make it stand out.

Intro24

The exact philosophical opposite to the Eee....

Mandatory_Field

1 TB of storage in a laptop as soon as those Seagate 500 GB 2.5" drives hit shelves...

EQC

I thought that some company contracted a hard drive company already to create 1TB HDs. O, I found it! [www.asus.com] It might be a concept, but Asus is at least some where.

Wess

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog:
Well if you travel via the train as much as I do.. it makes sense, rip an entire box set of DVD's and get your music on there, a restore partition, multiple os's, a few virtual machines (one for pr0n naturally) A terabyte is not enough these days. I honestly keep iso's of any install i have so that i never have to carry additional media.

zimstyles

That's HUGE!

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@EQC: What the heck do you do on a laptop with a terabyte? I mean hell, how much porn can one download?

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

Forgot to add one funny point. My fat laptop was a Toshiba Satellite. It was almost 2" thick on one end.

To brainwash the user into believing their laptop is not fat, Toshiba included a video in which the "designers" conceive of the side profile of this fat lap top as an airplane wing.

M.O.D.O.K.

You'll have to add an extra pound for the power brick and another 2 pounds for the laptop case and a minimal amount of junk. So that's at least 12 pounds.

I used to carry a laptop and bag around that weight. I see a chiropractor now.

M.O.D.O.K.

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: I continue to be a satisfied Acer weightlifter after about four years - got an Acer tablet that really weighs too much to carry around like a tablet, but I really like the machine.

@Hello_Newman: I think you are spot on - this is not for the regular schlepper. This is meant to stay MOSTLY in one spot, as a sole computer for a small businessman who has to move it occasionally.

@Digo: Oh, ahahah, you have foolishly underestimated the size of my lap!!! Silly mortal!!!!

ps61318

Heh after the Acer laptop that I am currently using and am currently holding the power jack in place I will never buy Acer again.

Although that left hand volume control, etc... looks amazingly cool :D

18.2" Whew...wow...woah!

I would never pay $3000 dollars for that behemoth.

Although it is bigger than my TV, and it does play Blu-ray...hmm...

basicxman

please please don't say "ginormous." I am not bashing or being blatantly offensive here, but there's just something very "junior high" about this word that makes me cringe. I'm sorry... I can't help it. Please don't lay down the hammer.

Tirkish Delights

Is 18" and nine pounds really "portable"? It's not really a desktop replacement so much as an all-in-one desktop in a folding form factor.

Left-hand controls are only marketable to those whose right hands are already occupied...

willentrekin

My father in law just got an HP Pavilion HDX portable with a 20 inch screen. I'm not sure on the specs other than the screen size but lifting that bastage was terrifying. I had no idea that there was a niche for these things but I guess so. Lord help anyone who breaks their screen on these things.

HDC

i <3 Acers and thats ThAt.

shanzi

@Mandatory_Field: it would be at the original price tag (the expected $200). now that eee is reaching $700 usd the concept has lost all validity, now being a juxtaposition more than opposite. I think is what @Tiago Sartor: ment.

dysthymia

I think the Sager 9262 can go up to 960GB or so. I know it has three bays...

Ethan Allison

The Toshiba Satellite A300/600 Notebook we have at work is being discontinued but that has 640gb across two hard drives. It's about US$ 2300 here.

TailsNZ

How can it be that heavy for that not-so-thick thickness?

zifc

hmmm...a trendy, hype-top called the macbook air, or a machine that can run circles around it with near-cutting edge specs

10 lbs is probably too much for you macboys to handle with your latte in the other hand, isn't it?

stupidjerk

@stupidjerk: Only thing more rabid than fanboys: anti-fanboys.

The Lab

This thing is about as "portable" as the 21 inch "portable" TV we had when I was a kid. The only difference between the "portable" and the "table" model? The handle attached to the top.

jswilson64

@shanzi: Well, I ~9 Acers. So there.

ps61318

@stupidjerk: You're familiar with a BOV - a "break-out vehicle?" You know, the MiniCooper in the back of the Hummer in case you get ambushed.

I could see a MacBookAir being used as a BOV for this laptop. Get ambushed by Vista or your arms get too tired, just unstrap the MBA from the back of this and away you go!

Best of both worlds! Need to talk to a patent attorney....

ps61318

I think this is the wave of the future. Mobile desktop machines will be very handy when were all living in a cardboard refrigerator box and drinking yougurt from a bag.

WyldeChef

The Sager NP9262 (Clevo model) has space for 3 HDD, already available with 1 TB.

unloki