Rumor: ViewSonic Plans to Release a 22-Inch 'Laptop'
Posted 03/19/09 at 10:23:34 AM by Paul Lilly
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If laptops keep getting bigger, we may need a new term for these gigantic portable PCs. Such would be the case if rumors of ViewSonic releasing a 22-inch notebook turn out to be true.
The rumor comes courtesy of news site DigiTimes. Citing those always un-named "industry sources" in Taiwan, DigiTimes says ViewSonic is looking to have a bigger presence in the Chinese market, a goal it literally plans to follow through with by developing a 22-inch laptop to be released in China. The company also plans to push its full product line, from LCDs to netbooks, in China as well.
Earlier this year ViewSonic jumped into the netbook and nettop sectors with the VieBook and ViePC, respectively. The all-in-one ViePC comes with an 18.5-inch display, which means the low-power desktop would be trumped in size by the rumored 22-inch laptop.
No other details are yet available on the upcoming notebook, including price and whether or not ViewSonic also plans to release it in the U.S. market.
Wow
Submitted by winmaster on Sat, 03/21/2009 - 8:46am
Before you know it, we'll be lugging around laptops with 50in HD screens and 20TB hard drives. Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having it be "portable".
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Submitted by avanish11 on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 1:22pm
22 inches? weak. I'm still waiting for my 42" laptop
Anchors away!!
Submitted by ApoX-911 on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 12:44pm
Add a chain and waterproof this baby and you have the perfect makings of a multi-use boat anchor.
Submitted by sasquatch42 on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 12:28pm
the screen on this laptop is bigger than the screen of the desktop I'm typing this on
i would like one
Submitted by mojosico on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 10:14am
you could call it a lugtop cause im sure that beast would weigh at least 7-11 lbs . wow imagine all the stuff one normally carries with their laptop , now were talking 10-15 pounds at least . wimps need not apply . i guess someone could call it a over glorified desktop replacement . wow im here rambling on but i think it would be a cool peice of hardware to own just not sure how mobile i would be with it . lol
Heavy
Submitted by Seana7a7 on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 10:05am
It must be pretty heavy, it would be funny to see a small chinese man drag this laptop down the street.
Submitted by JonnyNYK on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 8:29am
I'm looking at a 22inch monitor right now. To image it as laptop is crazy. Add some legs and you've got a Laptable.
Submitted by majorsuave on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 5:27pm
I have a 20' viewsonic lcd and it is quite heavy by itself.
BTW, I don`t recommend Viewsonic VG2030wm, it is quite uneven when it comes to color rendering, also, back lighting tears around the edges, I mostly use it for my desktop xbox now as it has DB15 and DVI-D connections, I can plug the box to the vga and my old Athlon XP to the DVI, switching between the two is also a chore.
it has to be said
Submitted by nekollx on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 8:27am
"yes but can it play Crysis?"
Submitted by BoxyBrown on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 8:15am
If there was a line, viewsonic just crossed it. I thought 17 inch laptops were too big.
Submitted by Queenof1 on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 12:02pm
need the full size keyboard too. as far as 22" - sometimes bigger isn't better though
Submitted by majorsuave on Thu, 03/19/2009 - 5:28pm
My keyboard is not larger than a 19" widescreen, I guess one could think of an extra gaming controller on the left or a full mouse surface on the right.
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