I am so in love... that looks very nice. Can I get a side order of future now with my reality? pretty please with cherry on top?

I'm sure there's some uber-futuristic Lenovo concept out there, this time covered in space aged Naugahyde.

Actually, at an event several years ago a company was looking for funding for a workstation that included an opaque, 3 panel screen, that when in use was just the three screens, but at the touch of a button became very opaque, nearly transparent. At least enough so that you could read the newspaper through it. Some sort of single plane projection technology I would imagine...

What? No cerebral output port? How am I going to interface with corporate multiprocessing network?

When that laptop battery catches on fire, at least it will be over quick.

I can dig it, but no tactile feedback on the keyboard = no sale.

Mmm... *futuristic gadget lust* I would pay an obscene amount of money for a laptop like this, and then light my self on fire when I scratched/dropped it.

I'm not down with that screen. Sure it looks cool, but what purpose would it ever serve? When are you going to see it folded out and transparent like that except for the 3 second you're waiting for it to boot up enough to display something?

Maybe it you could make only parts of the screen opaque, and a camera on the top facing away from the user, then maybe you could have some fun with software that recognized things in the background (super models) and interacts with them (opens and window that follows them):p

VAVA-VAVA-VIVA-VEROOOOOOOM!

I want a Vaio Zoom. Got to.

thx for showing me

I'm waiting for the Apple version!

The whole keyboard flipping back to turn the machine into a pure touchscreen tablet PC is sexy. That, coupled with the thinness would make this laptop a must-have. I honestly don't understand the appeal of the whole transparent/opaque thing... just seems like a gimmick to me. The haptic feedback question seems to be less and less an issue now that touchscreen PDAs/PMPs/phones/etc are quickly becoming the norm. It'll be interesting to see how that pans out.

Is it possible that the days of button keyboards are numbered? I realize we all grew up with big clunky keys to press down on, and are now used to them -- but what if the next generation of users are more used to the streamlined, cool-looking touchscreen keys of an iPhone? It's probably quite a bit better on your wrists not to have to push down so hard on a key, and it'll certainly free up desk space and will allow a new level of portability. I, for one, welcome our new touchscreen masters.

Think of a computer with two screens, one for the screen and one touch screen for the keyboard/trackpad. Add some feedback for the virtual keyboard and make it pressure sensitive as well for us touch-typist types and I'm good to go.

What a wonderful exercise in mental masturbation this is.

Also, Mr. Face: I've said it before...

Let the Simpsons line die. It was funny 15 years ago. Now it's just sad.

That'll make some really pretty spiderweb patterns when you drop it. Looks really pretty, I'd just be deathly afraid to take that out of my house, unless between 'now' and the 'future' they make something that could look that sexy and not require constant babying and wiping away of fingerprints.

It's funny how some people will get off work, surf all their favorite blogs, and proceed to raze a path of witty belittlement and curmudgeonly critiques across the blogosphere. Seems like a waste of time, no? Ah well, whatever floats your boat, I guess.

it's really time to change what we perceive "computing" to be. computing hasnt changed on the hardware side in the last 20 years. people are developing software now that is completely unusable because we're sitting here poking and clicking away at our ancient typewriters.

if the future of computing is the same rehasing of older concepts into newer sleeker molds, count me out.

Sexy... but looks kinda fragile.
Now I'm thinking: If the keyboard is gonna be that way, why don't completely discard it?

Maybe use a laser keyboard instead, with some foam pad for tactile feedback.

Also, if everything goes well on the OLED department, let's make this thing flexible too.

Of course, there's the problem where to put the computer components... so it could be something like a dock for the screen. Or even some wireless device that wouldn't need to be taken out of your pocket/backpack.

This way, you can use the computer actively typing stuff, or passively, like a digital newspaper or something.

As for media readers... with SSDs getting cheaper and bigger (in capacity), I guess soon enough there'll be no need to carry Blu-ray drives around... data will be transmited wireless while you'd still have media drives back at home when you need them, as an external accessory.

Anyways, like another commenter said, mental masturbation... yeah.

The screen can be built with today's technology.

Easy:
-Use a transparent / opaque white electro-chromic privacy screen.
(used in hi-end windows today....)
- LCD's are naturally transparent.
- Hide 2 CFL ligths on each side edge of the screen frame to shine on the activated electro-chromic sub frame glass.
- Include video controller and CFL inverter in the mainboard and connect the LCD with an edge mounted kapton connector at the hinge point.
- Done.

Cheap:
- No F'ing way.... and a power hog.

Cool factor:
- 100%

AEC007 is right, the screens can be built, in fact all if what they've shown can be built. So we'll see it in 18 months or so.

It looks wonderful. But the keyboard needs to have real feedback.

JUSTSAYYES said:
"but at the touch of a button became very opaque, nearly transparent."

So which is it transparent or opaque?