Project Valerie – The world's first triple display laptop (razerzone.com)

I'm guessing 2 hours might be wishful thinking (which is actually OK for me, since I'm plugged in >90% of the time).

A Boomslang or whatever it was called back in the day, then two Diamondbacks within a year, in like 2007.

I've had friends say their Naga and Lachesis or whatever die within a year too, usually the buttons or entirely.

I've now used a Logitech G1 since 2007 or so, with extremely heavy gaming abuse, and no problems at all. I am considering buying several more off eBay just so I can use it forever in the case this one breaks.

¹: Okay, I had the wheel go out on my $20 "Logitech Wheel Mouse" from 1999 after 10+ years of heavy use, and a $10 Dell generic mouse at the office after 5 years of heavy use. Just the wheel though. Might have just been dust, really, and fixable for both. The Logitech was used to death in gaming for at least 5+ years.

Their Core dock, the Stealth ultrabook, and the Orochi mouse, are all currently sold and not one of these products is fully functional with itself/its counterparts, even if you get a "good" unit.

Their designs are often neat / interesting / innovative. But until they learn how to create and ship working functional products, it's all just pretty artwork.

At least it only does it once, unless you clear the browser cache.

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Half the time, I'm still reading the damn article, I was just playing with the mouse. Now I have to find your hidden Close button to keep reading. Go to hell, marketers.

What has also been as old as the web is the first voted comment on any HN story being some totally irrelevant gripe.

But also yeah, looks like a hinge can easily snap off... and knowing Razer's wildly fluctuating quality in its products, this thing is "Hingegate" in the making. Calling it right now.

You could just as easily say this laptop has the equivalent of a dozen 1080p screens, but at that pixel density, it's misleading too.

I went to check and 9 years ago laptops were bigger then notebooks.

Back in 2008 - What is a Laptop Computer? (n.) A laptop is a small, portable computer -- small enough that it can sit on your lap. Nowadays, laptop computers are more frequently called notebook computers, though technically laptops are somewhat larger in size than notebooks, in both thickness and weight. - http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/laptop...

I think it would be awesome to have access to three screens when you're on the road, but this thing definitely won't be replacing any ultrabooks anytime soon.

IBM did a similar idea with a dual screen thinkpad, it was not very successful. My impression was that it just didn't make a lot of sense. Imagine a couple of USB-C connected displays on either side when you wanted them, no need to lug them around when you didn't. That would seem to be a bit more sensible to me.

Oh you can. You just use the display that gets slided at the front position.

> And even when there is enough room, you pretty much instantly give up any semblance of privacy.

I have a 3M display view protector foil. Works quite well, except if the spectator is directly behind you.