HP Unveils Spectre Folio, a Convertible Laptop 'Made of Leather' (techcrunch.com) 82
HP announced Monday the Spectre Folio, a convertible laptop made of leather. From a report: Unveiled in an over-the-top press event in Manhattan today, that included such turns of phrase as "aluminum has become the gold standard," the device is a convertible laptop with a leather case. As HP put it at the event, "this isn't a PC that's wrapped in leather, it's a PC that's made of leather." So, what does that mean, exactly? Rather than covering the standard aluminum or plastic, the cow skin serves as both the chassis and hinge.
The laptop has a 13.3 inch pen-enabled touch screen and an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor inside. There's 16GB of RAM and up to 2TB of storage. The battery should get up to 18 hours of life on a charge, according to the company -- admittedly pretty solid. Price starts at $1,300 for the variant with the i5 processor.
The laptop has a 13.3 inch pen-enabled touch screen and an Intel Core i5 or i7 processor inside. There's 16GB of RAM and up to 2TB of storage. The battery should get up to 18 hours of life on a charge, according to the company -- admittedly pretty solid. Price starts at $1,300 for the variant with the i5 processor.
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HP are now in the business of murdering cows.
To make matters even worse, they're moderate, non-partisan, centrist cows. Truly a dying species.
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This is really a bad idea that wasn't well thought out.
As mentioned, some people from India would find this offensive and India is a major consumer of technology devices.
Add to that people who are against using animals for food and other items.
HP is essentially offending a large portion of their customer base.
Stupid "management".
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Tech support in India is just going to love this.
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They should have used pigskin. It feels better, and it would enamor us to an entirely different population that already hates us enough to kill. Nothing lost.
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Wouldn't that be haram though? Pissing off muslims is ALMOST as dangerous as pissing off SJW vegans.
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"Tech support in India is just going to love this."
The Vegans and Peta will love it as well.
Not for me (Score:5, Funny)
Leather just isn't my material. I typically play either a tank or a skirmisher, so I need laptops that provide a better Armor Class bonus.
More alliteration (Score:2)
Leather Linux.
For $1500 I would like a choice of OS, thanks.
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I own a spectre. 100% linux compatibility, including TPM.
The choice of OS comes on a USB stick. It's no different than buying a Macbook or Chromebook and installing Fedora on it.
-dk
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Who's In Charge of Marketing at HP? (Score:1)
Not sure using "Spectre" in a name this year is a good idea at all.
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Not sure using "Spectre" in a name this year is a good idea at all.
I think they made the right choice. However, the other choice was "Meltdown Totum". ;)
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The other choice was "Her Majesty's Secret Service"
HP Spectre Folio? (Score:1)
specter
noun
- a ghost.
synonyms: ghost, phantom, apparition, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence;
The new HP Spectre Folio, when you want a laptop with the ghost of a cow.
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specter
noun
- a ghost.
synonyms: ghost, phantom, apparition, spirit, wraith, shadow, presence;
The new HP Spectre Folio, when you want a laptop with the ghost of a cow.
More like, the computer to use while stroking your cat in your secret lair, plotting evil deeds.
Advertising (Score:2)
At least it isn't false advertising calling it "Spectre"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
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The dog ate my homework. (Score:5, Funny)
They're Made of Meat? (Score:2)
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Or more immediately, will the screen or mobo snap the first time it sees a meaningful amount of force from being packed in a bag or some accidental rough handling?
Better Slogan (Score:5, Funny)
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http://cd.textfiles.com/gw2k42... [textfiles.com]
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The cows (Score:2)
are going to love this.
Good timing for next wkend in Baltimore (Score:1)
The question is it Genuine Leather? (Score:2)
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Re:The question is it Genuine Leather? (Score:5, Interesting)
...if this is real leather that's pretty cool from both a durability and a biodegradability stance.
But, perhaps not so cool from a thermal transfer point of view.
In many designs, the alumin[i]um case forms part of the heat sink.
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Cooling fans often form a small part of the overall solution for such a thin device. It's a well known trick to get devices with this kind of form factor and point a fan at the back of the screen to get extra performance by cooling through the side of the case and keeping the CPU out of the thermal throttling regime for longer.
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Ars Technica [arstechnica.com] has more pictures, err. I mean, renders.
It looks like it has cooling vents above the keyboard [arstechnica.net]. They look like they would be closed up when the device is closed or in tablet mode, though.
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Genuine Leather is actually one of the lower grades of leather. Now if it was Full Grain or Top Grain, that would be something.
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Real leather could also dry out and, peel, stiffen, split crack and tear if you don't treat it right.
Leather is typically treated with oils/waxes -- but you would not want that on your screen or on anything you touch.
Computing equipment is often best cleaned with isopropyl-alcohol -- but that would weaken/remove the leather's own oils and make it crack over time.
The cleaning product I know of that is the least compatible with leather is chlorine bleach: With that you could probably produce cracks within a d
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Wow, main article and /. - Vegans get 1st post (Score:3)
I personally think this is awesome and would love to have one. We're slaughtering all those cows everyday to make non-vegan food, we may as well make good use of the leftovers. Leather can be used for so much more than belts and boots.
I personally prefer bison. Any way I can get a bison-hide model?
Leather? How about eagles (Score:2)
Oblig. Futurama:
Victor: The seats are stuffed with eagle down, and the dashboard is made from the beaks of a thousand eagles. Also, there are some eagles under the floorboards
Amy: That's an awful lot of eagle.
Victor: Yes, and yet (sighs)
Amy: What's wrong?
Victor: It is just, the luxury edition has so much more eagle. It saddens me to think of you missing out.
No thank you (Score:1)
Such a product is a reason for me to boycott HP. There are already enough products out there which use parts of dead animals for no good reason.
Does it sweat? (Score:2)
Nothing transfers heat like leather (Score:2)
I get the how... (Score:2)
Hot buzz (Score:1)
Just what I've always wanted! (Score:2)
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Being a software engineer, I can already attest to the S&M nature of most machines and OSes.
Hannibal Lecter Spectre Special Edition (Score:2)
It puts the lotion on the laptop or it gets the hose.
They blew a perfect opportunity... (Score:2)
Super crafty laptop ... (Score:3)
... Super shitty generic OS.
Great.
That's like getting handmade Hermes luggage to carry your h&m t-shirts and offbrand jeans around. LOL!
Do they also have a Meltdown Folio? (Score:2)
It's foreskin (Score:3)
when it gets cold, it turns into a tablet.
or for some a smartphone.
Copy of 2007's ThinkPad Reserve Edition (Score:3)
Hello,
So, in other words, it is an updated copy of Lenovo's 15th anniversary "Reserve Edition" ThinkPad? http://www.notebookreview.com/... [notebookreview.com]
Meh.
Regards,
Aryeh Goretsky