Ingenious slide out design to aid you, infuriate your fellow commuters
As many an Excel-obsessed accountant will tell you, once you’ve made that bold leap into the world of dual monitors it’s very hard to go back. Having the freedom and flexibility to have two windows open at the same time at maximum size is a godsend for comparing data, as well as for anyone who wants to mix business with pleasure.
By virtue of their very nature, dual-screen functionality has long been an unattainable dream for laptops, whose diminutive frames and portable nature has confined their screens to squint-inducingly tight proportions
The DZ-Series from Singapore-based Kohjinsha has put an end to that limited thinking, by launching a laptop with sliding, dual screens. The two TFT LCD 10.1-inch screens slide out from the centre to work together as one seamless whole. Well, seamless but for the dividing frame. Slide the two screens back into the centre – one behind the other – to use as a standard one-screened laptop. Clever stuff.
First shown off at CEATEC in Japan, the DZ series is now available from Japan for around £675. A further £35 will get you the 32-bit Windows 7, and about £45 will get it shipped over within 3 weeks if you place your order today. There’s a 160GB hard drive, 1.3-megapixel cam and a claimed 4.5-hour battery life- although we can only presume that using both screens intensively will shave this down quite a bit.
Also, whilst this might be groundbreaking and impressive for desk use, we wouldn’t recommend extending the screens out whilst on the train; those to either side might not appreciate it.
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