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Once you add a second monitor to your desktop PC, you'll wonder how you ever managed with but a single display up to that point. And just try using a notebook after you've grown accustomed to rocking a pair (or more) of big screen monitors. It's not easy, and it's also one of the reasons why we're so intrigued with gScreen's new SpaceBook. The SpaceBook is a 17-inch dual-screen laptop with two full size 17-inch displays, each one supporting Full HD (1920x1080) visuals. Did you catch that? This thing has TWO 17-inch displays! There's a trade-off in portability with the SpaceBook checking in at 10 pounds, which is 30 percent more than your average 17-inch laptop. It also costs more than most traditional...
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Notebooks have largely remained the same for years. They have become smaller and more powerful, but the clamshell design is definitely one that's tried and true. A few companies have deviated from time to time, including Lenovo with their W700ds a few years back. But that "pull-out" monitor never really made it to another Lenovo model; hard to say if sales were sluggish or consumer feedback just wasn't positive, but either way, the company definitely reeled things back in after that. But the GScreen doesn't really mind the past. The company has just introduced the 17" SpaceBook, a gigantic notebook that opens up and unfurls two 17.3" 1080p monitors. That's two panels with one laptop. It's definitely...
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Lenovo's W700ds proved that having multiple screens on a notebook wasn't completely infeasible, though the lackluster response to it simultaneously proved that there's not too much pent-up demand out there for such a device. Sure, it's a novel concept, but the incredible expense and the added weight puts most prospective buyers off. All that said, there's always room for one more rival to try and tweak things within a niche in hopes of making something mainstream, and that's exactly what gScreen is looking to accomplish. The Alaska-based outfit has just issued press photos of its upcoming Spacebook, a dual-screened notebook that does more than just provide a secondary display to accompany a primary...
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