Brilliant... I must have one...
... but... errrmmm... do they do a version with XP instead of Vista???
NEC designers must have been working overtime if its latest creation is anything to go by: a coloured casing for its LaVie compact notebook with a unique 3D optical effect. LaVie 3D glasses not included... or necessary The LaVie G Type L Basic laptop, an expansion to NEC's existing LaVie notebook range, comes with a "snow …
Okay, so it does something when there's a magnetic field, which I assume to mean when it's on? What does it look like when there's no magnetic field, i.e. when it's off? That would be useful to know. Can I hold a car speaker near it to see the cool 3D effect (and wipe my hard drive)?
Michael, you can combine phase (1) and (2).
Then phase (1) is format HD with XP disc. Phase (2) is ... eh. Phase (3), PROFIT!
Painting laptops eeees BIG BUSINESS.
But hey, if they are anyway playing with metal particles during the drying: why this borin' diamond pattern? You can get all kinds of weird figures, no sweat.
"a hologram-style criss-cross diamond pattern"
This is nonsense. It is clearly an ice cream wafer pattern. The orange laptop resembles a large, folding ice cream wafer, with USB ports etc. The people who buy these laptops will be teased because of this; they will be teased for carrying around a large, inedible ice cream wafer. I predict poor sales.
In Japan, something as kitschy as ice cream wafer paint might be a hot seller! It's been the 80's over there for two decades running, especially where electronics are concerned. I think it's cute. =D
Richard, you can't wipe a hard drive with a magnet, no matter how amazingly strong: http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/infosec/secure_del.html [Scroll down to section 4 for magnetic methods.]
Well, a point-blank EMP might do it, but I think you'll have bigger problems then...