Computing

Combining a Laptop with a Suitcase Ruins Both Things

7:40AM February 6, 2009 | Adam Frucci

The “Poor Man’s Netbook” is a laptop (it’s got a 14.2-inch screen, so I don’t understand the netbook label) built into a suitcase. It deftly robs both objects of their purposes simultaneously.

I really don’t quite understand the motivation behind this thing. You go and make a laptop bulkier and harder to transport, all while making a suitcase useless by robbing it of its cargo space. You could take the suitcase, buy a netbook, and place the netbook in the suitcase with room to space for other objects. Instead, you have a steaming pile of computing garbage that fails on execution while calling itself a netbook without understanding what a netbook is. [eBay via Shiny Shiny]


Comments

  • ben

    October 12, 2010 at 12:19 PM

    i think the point could be that you could build your desktop into a suitcase which would be a far superior machine..

    24 inch lcd, i7 processor lots of hard drive space and a standard atx board.

    i know there are laptops that have specs like that, but they are still ‘mobile’ specs. desktop still wins for speed and power

  • jeff

    August 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    i agree with ben i love to game but i am going to be moving a lot for the next few years and it would be great to be able to bring my computer with me

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