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Aurora 7 Prototype – 7 Screen Laptop
- macinjosh 6y ago> "Designed for professionals" Shots fired Apple. Your move. :)
- k_ 6y agoEh, I actually like this :D Unfolding [0] is quite something, I'd love to see this in video format Also, nitpick: > Designed for for professionals [0]: https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/screen-transition-method/ https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/screen-transit...
- hn_expanscape 6y agoHmmm. Thanks for the feedback. We will have a think about better phrasing.
- taigi100 6y agoNot sure what I'd use this for but it looks crazy awesome lol
- jonwachob91 6y agoThey require you to sign an NDA just to find out what the price is...
- tln 6y agoWow that thing is ridiculous. I wonder what kind of power draw it takes under use. Probably over 100W!
- tubularhells 6y agoThe cpu alone takes more than that.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoUnder 370w all settings maxed out CPU/GPU etc.
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- VectorLock 6y agoIf you angle the hinges a little bit slightly back from straight vertical does the whole thing flop over?
- HelloNurse 6y agoIt should be possible to place batteries and other heavy components as far as possible from the hinge to balance the screens up to a better angle than in the photo. Why they didn't prefer a less tall configuration (e.g. three landscape screens in a row like the frankly more sane Razer Project Valerie prototype) escapes me.
- VectorLock 6y agoI'm not sure if even lead acid batteries could provide balance for that tipping moment. Maybe a brick of pure lead. Doesn't look as k-rad if it was more practical. Of all the "no compromise" design goals I don't think sane or practical was among them.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoThanks for the feedback. We investigated the 3 landscape screen orientation but decided that 2x 17.3 4K Panels in portrait orientation is excellent for coding when paired with 2x 17.3 4K landscape. It also takes up less horizontal space. There are several other benefits when viewing large spreadsheets etc. The heaviest components are actually placed as far as possible from the hinge. The base is also quite weighty so there is exactly zero chance of this tipping over.
- bitecode 6y ago> "A laptop with exactly zero compromises" I mean the size, weight, awkwardness and small trackpad all seem like compromises to me. I'd suspect the battery life too. And some of the screens aren't placed in the most practical of locations. That said it's a pretty impressive prototype.
- cyberpunk 6y agoAccording to the specs, this 12KG laptop gets 28 minutes at full power on batteries >_< And it's not allowed on airplanes..
- wheybags 6y agoWhy even waste weight on battery at that point. That is a built in ups, not a portable device.
- londons_explore 6y agoA built in UPS is really helpful for moving from room to room around a home or office. For a long time I've wanted something with all the properties of a desktop PC, but the ability to move it to another room while booted and without having to do multiple journeys. A serious enough setup I could use it for work every day, yet still with the ability to take it to the living room to do stuff while supervising the kids...
- greggyb 6y agoPut the whole thing on a platform with casters and bolt the case and a UPS to the thing. With a solid metal base, you could put on a shelf for mouse and keyboard and a stand for a monitor. This seems like a pretty achievable project if you have access to a workshop.
- wl 6y agoYou can buy such a thing off the shelf. They're called "Workstations on Wheels" or "WoWs" and they're everywhere in medical facilities.
- mark4 6y agoThis is how I imagine Bad Place would torture Steve Jobs, with Bad Jony Ive bringing a version of this prototype to every other meeting to get feedback.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoOh yes - he hee!
- tarruda 6y agoPerfect :)
- aspyct 6y agoUpvoting because this needs to be higher :D
- nicoburns 6y agoThis looks super-rough, and some of the screen look dubiously useful, but a more polished 4 screen variant of this could be pretty great.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoLooks like your looking for our A5 15 or A5 13. send us a message on our website and we'll let you know when they are available.
- cjbprime 6y agoSeems like a 17" laptop with some iPads attached to the sides for extending screens onto would work fine too.
- rbanffy 6y agoThe screens on the sides are Thinkpad screens. There was one with a pull-out 800x600 auxiliary screen in addition to the 17" (IIRC) screen.
- slezyr 6y agoOr just bunch of portable monitors https://www.asus.com/us/Monitors/Portable-Products/ https://www.asus.com/us/Monitors/Portable-Products/
- utopcell 6y agoI hear they offer a Black Friday discount if you use a coupon at checkout: APRL1ST
- generalizations 6y agoThey also have a 'teenyserv'. Handheld computer with 64GB RAM and an 8 core i7 processor. [1] It really seems like these are variations of The Homer. [2] I don't see a use case in mind for them, and the designers seem mostly really excited about the designs. So it looks like these are pet projects that got taken a little too seriously. [1] https://expanscape.com/teenyserv/the-teenyserv-prototypes/ https://expanscape.com/teenyserv/the-teenyserv-prototypes/ [2] https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer
- hn_expanscape 6y agoNot quite. The designs are only part of the picture. We care mostly about utility. We're quite fedup with this trend of unsustainable, premature obsoletion [1] that is the current norm for hardware. Our design philosophy is very simple. [1] https://expanscape.com/about-us/the-3-us/ https://expanscape.com/about-us/the-3-us/
- generalizations 6y agoThat's great to hear. Too often I get caught up in ideas for projects that fit my interests, but don't fit the rest of the world. This looked like that kind of project, but I'm glad it isn't.
- beervirus 6y agoSite is down. Archive mirror links: https://archive.is/gcbcT https://archive.is/gcbcT https://web.archive.org/web/20201124160116/https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/the-story-of-the-aurora-7/ https://web.archive.org/web/20201124160116/https://expanscap...
- forgotmypw17 6y agoAccessible link: https://archive.vn/gcbcT https://archive.vn/gcbcT
- ilaksh 6y agoIs there a video showing how you fold up the screens?
- hn_expanscape 6y agoWe will be uploading a videos soon. Until then you can see how the Aurora 7 folds down here: https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/screen-transition-method/ https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/screen-transit...
- throwanem 6y agoSo, they make movie props, right?
- hn_expanscape 6y agoWe actually make real working prototypes.
- syats 6y agoIn my dream world, "decision makers" (gov officials, top managers) attend their fancy meetings with one of these, and have on-screen info, fed by an army of people in different parts of the world, to minimize the amount of bullshit said, and make government / admin more efficient. Yes, they could also have the setup at home, but I think they like the going around in black SUVs, having doors opened for them, shaking hands and all that.
- samstave 6y agoReminds me of a bunch of "execs" in dystopian anime series, much like ghost in the shell or others where you have some super powerful cyborg executive
- kube-system 6y agoThere is only so much information that a single brain can analyze and parse. This is why decision makers employ a team of brains to parse it for them, rather than attempting to do it all themselves. Delegation has very significant performance advantages. More screens isn't the solution -- better parsing and analysis is the need.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoI dunno, I think there is value in having all the information actively available sometimes, without needing to scroll. Imagine having every single monitoring dashboard for your app displayed on the wall - you can't truly see all of it in detail at the same time, but you can still glance over it and notice oddities faster than you could by scrolling/clicking through things, and it should actually lower the working-memory requirements.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoThis is literally one of the primary reasons this was designed. Imagine having to monitor several instances of PRTG, Solarwinds, Vectra AI all at the same time and action multiple issues for multiple customers. All while sometimes spending all day onsite at customers or in the datacenter. Applying a SOAR strategy to SIEM can sometimes only go so far.
- Ninjinka 6y agoThis is why we need VR to get higher resolution
- yboris 6y agoI thought that the newly-released HP Reverb G2 has a high-enough resolution for desktop work. Could anyone with experience confirm?
- sxp 6y agoThe G2 is around 22 pixels per degree. But you lose a large chunk of resolution due to bilinear resampling. So a 22 degree virtual screen would be around 1320px wide, but have a lower usable resolution. Since people did develop with multiple 1280x1024 monitors, this is a usable resolution with the right setup. See https://www.reddit.com/r/HMDprogramming/ https://www.reddit.com/r/HMDprogramming/ for more examples of people trying to write code in VR.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoWe think the priority needs to be AR. The ability to see your surroundings is crucial. We have also have some ideas around this that we are hoping to demonstrate next year.
- elliotpage 6y agoI wonder what the thermals are like on it. Also how long you could have it on your lap before you have to tap out.
- ivirshup 6y agoI think you could safely outlast the battery, but you might lose circulation from the weight.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoThermals are actually not bad at all. However it is better to use the Aurora 7 on a desk.
- WesolyKubeczek 6y agoThe memo initially said to design a 7" screen laptop, but the " character got lost in communication. This is how this monstrosity was born.
- meowster 6y agoA manager left a note for another manager to pay me .25 hours of overtime. I received 25 hours of OT pay. That's why you lead decimals with a zero. (I reported the discrepancy which is how I found out.)
- pmiller2 6y agoI seem to remember about 10 years ago or so, when that kind of tiny 7-10" laptop was briefly popular. I don't know exactly how the marketing went, but I imagine it was positioned as "your on the go device for when your phone isn't enough." Or, maybe it was kind of like a "super PDA." Who knows? I hated them. Never bought one.
- joshstrange 6y agoI bought a Dell Mini 7 refurbished in high school to play with and it was an interesting device. I actually dusted it off just last week while talking to a coworker about how he got into iOS development on a hackintosh and I remembered that I had loaded OS X (now macOS) onto my Dell Mini. It still boots and is a trip to play with. My parents used it for a year or two to iChat video chat (this was before facetime) with me when I went to college (with a real Macbook).
- meowster 6y agoI was in college around that time and I was very intrigued by the Dell Mini 7. I finally ended up with an HP Mini 1000, that ended up being a great little device too. I never did anything cool with it like make a Hackintosh, I just liked the nostalgia.
- bserge 6y agoI had the Toshiba AC100 "smartbook", one of the first and few Android netbooks... Even after overclocking the shit out of its Tegra 2, it's still slow as hell, mostly because of the low RAM and slow internal storage and SD card controller (swap just doesn't cut it). But the keyboard was really nice.
- waynesonfire 6y agoIs your productivity also a function of pixels? Sometimes, when I have a deadline approaching, I simply ask for more pixels.
- pjs_ 6y agoIt is if you are programming in LabView.
- tigerBL00D 6y agoThis reminds me of how I once needed to look at a bunch of screens at once, so I made an app for cardboard VR that put a sphere of virtual screens hanging in the air all around me. All I had to do was swivel in my chair. The resolution was a bit low, but it sort of worked nevertheless. That was a fun hack, but not nearly as fun as building this monster I bet.
- MikeTheGreat 6y agoOk, this is clearly a joke / fun project that metastasized / etc, and it's also clearly awesome, but I gotta ask - why 7 screens? Why not 6? Or 8? They said that they wanted to design a mobile Security Operations Center - do people doing this work normally need exactly 7 screens worth of information? I've seen pictures of "Operation Centers" which have tons of screens so it's plausible that someone would need "a lot" of screens, but I can't tell if this would actually achieve the goal of being a mobile SOC. (My gut feeling is that they were trying to see how many screens they could put onto a single laptop, moreso than that small screen next to the touchpad actually being genuinely, uniquely useful, but I'd love to know for sure if each screen actually has a specific purpose)
- weego 6y agoWhy not 6? Or 8? Because 8 is too many and 6 is clearly not enough. This is what separates the Steve Jobs' of this world from the rest of us.
- samstave 6y agoIts six up top - the 7th is the one on the wrist rest...
- hn_expanscape 6y agoThat's correct.
- TAForObvReasons 6y agoTraders frequently use smaller monitors stacked up very high. The upper monitors usually have charts or heatmaps or live video feeds. They don't usually read the text from those screens. This product would have sold well to the finance crowd when monitors were relatively expensive.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoOur prototypes are definitely geared towards day traders. We have had a lot of feedback from individuals in the finance industry and as such we are refining our prototypes accordingly.
- anentropic 6y agoDoes it have a loud mechanical keyboard though...?
- hn_expanscape 6y agoWe customise the keyboard as required. The current keyboard in the Aurora 7 is not mechanical.
- anentropic 6y agoI figure anyone in the market for one of these is going to want the loudest, most mechanical keyboard available...
- rozab 6y agoThere was a line of ThinkPads with two screens. I'm not really sure who they were aimed at. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r0ZlmLBCjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r0ZlmLBCjQ
- HashBasher 6y agoHopefully the person sitting in front of it.
- bserge 6y agoHaha, I've used the poor and lazy man's version of this: https://i.imgur.com/xPvcUnc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/xPvcUnc.jpg In Soviet Russia you become the task scheduler! Back laptops are older Elitebooks, front ones ZBooks. Since I can't seem to sell my old laptops, I found a use for them. I had a better multi monitor setup, but unfortunately it would've been impossible to pack and move. Works really well tbh, either as a multi-monitor setup for one machine or as separate machines for different tasks. But what I really want is to shove some new hardware into an old Elitebook 8530w chassis, I love that design!
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoThat actually looks quite nice. What's the keyboard?
- bserge 6y agoThat's a Rapoo e9060 combo. I bought it in ~2015, it's impressive that it lasted this long. The mouse is average, but I liked the keyboard so much I bought another one (English-only layout, sadly). Everyone's talking about mechanical keyboards, but I like the laptop-like keys and the small footprint. There's a newer model with worse keys (mushier, less springy).
- alanbernstein 6y agoI've been looking for a keyboard like this for years, never heard of this brand. Do you know if they have one without the number pad?
- bserge 6y agoI never heard of it either, I just saw it and thought it looks nice. And it is well built. The e6080 is newer, with no numpad, but they use different switches, the keys are mushier/softer and have slightly less travel. Plus the spacing between the keys is bigger. Just doesn't feel the same.
- bane 6y agoThis is the best realization of the 80s Anime supertech I've ever seen. I remember a 3 screen system I saw one time from...I want to say HP, but this totally beats it.
- whywhywhywhy 6y agoThere was a Razer prototype with 3 screens [1] and another that comes to mind is the two screened Thinkpad w700ds [1] https://www2.razer.com/project-valerie https://www2.razer.com/project-valerie
- hn_expanscape 6y agoWe got fed-up waiting on Project Valerie... so we made our own.
- alanbernstein 6y agoHad I made that choice, I think I would have just tried to build the three horizontal screens. Is the screen layout of the Aurora 7 your ideal? As a lone tinkerer who highly values utility and unconventionality, I think this thing is beautiful, in a horrifying way. Nice work.
- bserge 6y agoPretty fun project! I also sometimes dream of building something more unique, but I don't have the tools and materials :/ Was thinking, dual screen laptop, "dual screen" smartphone (just 2 smartphones in a special case, kind of like what LG has done), smartphone built into the palmrest, and other stuff.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoThanks for the feedback. If you have ideas get on them!
- krisfreedain 6y agoBut why??
- voldacar 6y agoWhen I saw the obviously 3d-printed plastic, I thought it would include some kind of step by step guide to make your own, with a BOM etc. lame
- thomasqbrady 6y agoI'm also not quite sure what I'm looking at, but hn_expanscape seems to be serious about this, so I'll bite. hn_expanscape, what is the actual use-case for this device? You mention day-traders, but what about tiny screens sliding out from behind larger screens swiveling out from behind yet larger screens is helpful? Why is this better than one, much larger screen (i.e. a laptop with a 24" monitor or larger)? Why is there a screen embedded next to the keyboard? Was it just another place to squeeze a screen in, or is there an actual use-case for that? And is that a tiny little screen in the upper left portion of the bezel around what I would normally call the "main" screen? What's that for? Are there digital nomad day-traders who are even interested in using a laptop in the first place? Where are they that they don't mind carrying this very heavy device around, where they have access to a power outlet to use it? What is the purpose of the battery, actually? It doesn't sound like it's meant for practical use, since it seems it would last for less than an hour in ideal circumstances. Is it sort of a mobile UPS?
- hn_expanscape 6y agoHi Thomas, Founder here. Thanks for your questions: - The use case of this is a portable multi monitor desktop with desktop class performance. - I designed this to specifically facilitate my use case (DevOps, SecOps, SIEM, SOC/NOC stuff). I got frustrated and fedup waiting on the G Screen Spacebook and Project Valerie so one day I decided to just get on with making it myself. I am expected to respond to alerts for the many customer systems I manage so I usually have monitoring panels from Cisco, PRTG, Rapid7, Okta, Solarwinds, Vectra AI, open at the same time all day. Suffice to say this gets really stupid on a laptop with one screen especially when you sometimes have to spend whole days at customer sites or in the data center. - Due to immense interest from people in the finance and content creation industries I decided to build these to specification. - One crucial objective was that all the screens should slide out of the main chassis as this facilitates easy setup and folding down when leaving a customer site. - The screen in the keyboard allows me test touch screen apps I'm writing for linux for another project that will be revealed shortly. The palmrest screen was originally designed to also support a WACOM pen but I'm still working on that. - The tiny screen on the bezel is not connected to the GPU. It is connected to an Arduino micro controller and provides additional stats on battery life and system resource usage. - YES to my surprise there are many digital nomad types, film studios, CEOs and other execs who are very interested in our prototypes. - The battery in the Aurora 7 can be considered a mobile UPS however we are still working on that aspect. One of the big problems we have is Airplane regulations regarding the max Watt Hours for Lithium batteries... There have been a few prototypes before this one and our latest that will be revealed shortly features various improvements.
- ipsum2 6y agoThis put a smile on my face today. Thanks for making it, hn_expanscape. Is it possible to show a video of this opening up/closing? Curious how it's done.
- hn_expanscape 6y agoGlad we were able to make you smile! We are currently prioritising refining out latest prototypes. However we will have video demos up soon!
- dogma1138 6y agoI was wondering how anyone who made this thing could afford an office on reagent street it turned out to be a virtual office space (basically a mail forwarding address)...
- hobby-coder-guy 6y agoJesus
- dustinls 6y agoI like that the laptop itself is cheap but the fact that you have to keep replacing all 7 monitors is where it gets pricey
- crispyporkbites 6y agoDue to the fact that we are selling an exclusive prototype you will have to sign an NDA prohibiting you from discussing your pricing arangemments. Pricing will reflect the costs and development involved and the fact that we are in the very early stages of our prototype's development.
- Fnoord 6y agoThat touchpad is greasy and dirty. Might as well clean it before you make some marketing pictures. Other than that I doubt this gets used as a laptop, mobility-wise; more like a desktop.
- geocrasher 6y agoI think I might be one of their primary targets. My main computer: https://imgur.com/a/f5nj4pC https://imgur.com/a/f5nj4pC
- hn_expanscape 6y agoYou definitely are!!
- SebastianKra 6y agoThis looks like you just kept buying monitors without ever giving one away. Although they all look like 24". I would have expected you to gradually buy better models
- geocrasher 6y agoYou're almost correct! The center monitors are 23" and the side monitors are actually 1440x900 in portrait mode. The middle 23's are yard sale monitors, the "wing" monitors were from a friend whose employer was disposing of them. My biggest expense was a second video card, since they are DVI/VGA, and that was only $50. Other than that, the monitor stand was about $40.
- throwaway888abc 6y agoInteresting concept, as geek it was really hard to come up with use case for this. So far I don't have any. What's the target market / clients usage ?
- mattkevan 6y agoEarly prototype: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/87/ec/23/87ec233597ef88520b31726d733cace6.jpg https://i.pinimg.com/originals/87/ec/23/87ec233597ef88520b31...
- peterfield 6y agohttps://i.imgur.com/6eqze8o.png https://i.imgur.com/6eqze8o.png
- a-nikolaev 6y agoReminds me of the "DIY lay-down desk" https://blog.luap.info/drafts/i-built-a-lay-down-desk.html https://blog.luap.info/drafts/i-built-a-lay-down-desk.html
- Havoc 6y agoThat's insane on so many levels. I can sorta respect it though - like someone wanted this and made it happen.
- othercharles 6y agoI can appreciate some kind of dual screen laptop, for the right kind of person and application, maybe, but this monstrosity is.. very strange. It seems to cater only to folk who have doubled down so many times on never learning ALT+TAB that they've committed to probably never getting laid for 7 lifetimes.. one for each of those insane matroska doll screens, which I can only assume are about 100dpi each. Also, one bump and it would obviously explode. Zero need for it in any application, and I don't want to meet anyone it remotely appeals to. Sorry. As for the dual screen case, there are much cheaper and far more practical options available that plug in via USB, if it really were the case you need those extra displays on the move. The primary need for this I imagine would be demo units. Certainly not trading from your local Starbucks, where you would rightly deserve every glare and smirk received for presenting this horror.
- janosett 6y ago> they've committed to probably never getting laid for 7 lifetimes > you would rightly deserve every glare and smirk received for presenting this thing I think there's some valid criticism in your comment, and I don't think this design is very practical. That said, can we avoid this type of comment on HN? All kinds of geeks out there find things outside the norm interesting and I'm sure some community is interested in this type of hardware. Shaming and insulting people who are interested in things you find impractical doesn't really fit with the spirit of HN, IMO. EDIT to refer to guidelines: "Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community."
- othercharles 6y agoIt's a valid concern, but please don't interpret the comment as snark. Speaking as an engineer, in absolute terms the competence of someone (or lack thereof) is clearly signalled with a setup like this. Perhaps it may have been better phrased in these terms. Similarly, the second comment regarding what I believe many would agree are obvious social implications arising from a device like this could also have been better phrased. Isn't it also a rule on HN to treat all comments as being made in good faith where multiple interpretations exist? In any case I apologise for the phrasing, it was rather blunt and certainly somewhat off the point, but I also believe it captured important sentiments that would have been difficult to conjure with alternative phrasing.
- ajarmst 6y agoI'm caught between a couple of possible use cases: * Perhaps this is similar to a potlatch or a peacock's tail: primarily a demonstration of social or genetic superiority. "If I can publicly waste resources on this sort of scale, imagine the sheer amount of pure nerd dominance I can summon!" * A related use: Like clothing with an excessive number of pockets and ordinary household tools inexplicably machined from heavy steel and painted black, this is intended to convey the bearer's sheer tacticalness. In certain communities (those likely to append "-ops" to everything they do) this sort of thing can be extremely effective in establishing group membership and even invite grooming behaviour from strangers. * "Hey, we all need to do our part to support global warming ... wait ... what do you mean we're against that?"
- Hnaomyiph 6y agoThat’s a very bleak worldview. If something doesn’t serve an immediate, obvious purpose, it is a waste and a drain on resources.
- Hnaomyiph 6y agoThat’s a very bleak worldview. If something doesn’t serve an immediate, obvious purpose, it is a waste and a drain on resources.
- Hnaomyiph 6y agoThat’s a very bleak worldview. If something doesn’t serve an immediate, obvious purpose, it is a waste and a drain on resources.
- npunt 6y agoThis is insane and stupid in the best. possible. way.
- bitwize 6y agoJust what Stanley Jobson needs when he's dropping logic bombs through the trapdoor and coding multi-headed hydras to steal government slush funds from international banks on the go.
- lanius 6y ago>Weight 10KG MAX The goal weight is 60% of the way there. Rounding to 50% for convenience, that means the prototype is around 20 kg or basically the weight of a large barbell plate. Imagine typing with that on your lap!
- hn_expanscape 6y agoThe weight is roughly 12kg. However there were other considerations/goals that it didn't meet that we haven't documented which is why it only met 60% of our target.
- samstave 6y agoI am unemployed but very interested in this field... Can I get a demo unit? (Ill return it to you, but I want to to do a noob-unboxing-to-functional-use in a documented session... Can we arrange this? (its a good use of my pandameic time))
- cs702 6y agoWeight: "10Kg max." That's 22 lbs. About the same weight as a stack of 20+ thick books! And unless my eyes are fooling me, when folded, the laptop's seven -- seven! --screens are held together with... velcro? See here: https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/screen-transition-method/ https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/screen-transit... Is this thing for real?
- KMnO4 6y agoIt would be lighter to carry around 7 Macbook Airs.
- liminalsunset 6y agoIt's an interesting concept, indeed. I think it would be really neat if all the screens were mounted with some form of a clever "multimonitor mount arm" kind of setup - it could have a really flat version of that in the back, such that when the laptop is opened, the screens' individual position could be adjusted along multiple axes. One thing that I do notice about this design, however, is that the screens are all different sizes and are assembled a little bit haphazardly - I wonder if the screens were more uniform in size, and the aesthetic design more clean-looking, the unit would be less visually distracting and allow the user to focus more on the screen content, similar to the look of a homogenous array of monitors.
- bkanber 6y agoMan, this thing and the TeenySERV are awesome. Good for you, hn_expanscape. I have no practical purpose for either of these, but I love them. You mentioned elsewhere that you have a four-monitor variant... any public page for that? And what's pricing on these like? (the smaller) $20k? 30? This right here is what Hacker News is really about. Somebody wanted a specialized computer, hacked one together, and is now looking at running a nice boutique device business. Best of luck and looking forward to seeing more of your designs! PS: Typo -- 'third "interation"' at https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/a7-m3-prototype-specifications/ https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/a7-m3-prototyp...
- Razengan 6y agoI wonder how many of the people who always complain about this and that every time MacBooks are mentioned will actually put their money into this thing that supposedly takes care of everything..
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- Mockapapella 6y agoThis looks really cool -- I would love to have one (shame I don't have the funds right now)