Lenovo to show dual-screen laptop at CES

Usually if you want to have a dual-screen display, you need to buy a second screen, hook it up and try to get both screens up and running. It tends to be a bit of a pain if you haven’t done it before. However, for some people, having two screens is the only way to do everything they want to with a computer. At CES Lenovo will make it much easier for those who want two screens, especially if you want to bring both screen with you wherever you go.

At CES Lenovo will show off its upcoming ThinkPad W700ds, which features a 17 inch display, as well as a second, 10.6 inch screen. The second screen pops out of the primary screen via a spring-loaded “pocket door.” The second screen has a resolution of 768×1280, which is fairly impressive for a secondary screen, especially considering it would have been much easier to just shove in an S10 netbook screen. Other specs include an Intel Core 2 Extreme or Core 2 Quad, up to a ridiculous 8 GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700M.

The system is made mainly for photographers and graphic designers, or anyone else who finds it necessary to carry a very heavy, dual-screened laptop. With max brightness, the battery is said to last 2 hours, which isn’t surprising for two screens, but this seems more like a portable workstation than a straight out laptop.

Images show the machine running Vista, though it might possibly be configurable to run XP. According to Electronista, it also works with Red Hat and Ubuntu Linux distros, and will work with Windows 7 when its released. The thought of running a dual screen laptop with Ubuntu is intriguing, but it doesn’t seem all that necessary to me as a blogger or a gamer.

Read [Electronista via eWeek]