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kermitRKO t1_j9y1frl wrote

Hardly a laptop, that’s a clam shell desk top. You’d crush your bloody legs having that on your lap.

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FjordExplorher t1_j9y61dm wrote

I don't know about that. My wife's 100+ pounds and I'm usually pretty happy if she's on my lap.

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Fluffy-Wombat t1_j9yl66h wrote

She’s also got a great clam shell

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Runswithbeertoo t1_j9yo1ct wrote

She’s not as easy to turn on as my laptop though.

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Frosti-Feet t1_ja1i95y wrote

Yeah but she runs just as hot

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TheTinRam t1_ja3ae7b wrote

She needs more than only fans to cool her off

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Shurigin t1_ja28j6e wrote

Really good at Unzipping files though

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AkirIkasu t1_j9zddcx wrote

I'm not an expert on women, but I don't think they're supposed to have shells.

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loulouana t1_ja0vk5t wrote

It’s okay as long as they don’t sell them on the seashore.

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CoolestNebraskanEver t1_j9yepac wrote

Me too

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WonderWheeler t1_ja19xn8 wrote

That is furniture! Plywood top and bottom. Just needs some folding table legs and a big suitcase handle!

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Cloud2319 t1_ja0qaz2 wrote

I also choose this guys 100+ pound wife!

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jjj49er t1_ja0v63w wrote

I think we need an independent opinion. Send your wife to my house with the laptop, and I'll figure out who's right.

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abdab909 t1_ja1rgv4 wrote

I’m also happy when this person’s wife is on my lap

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kessa1111 t1_j9yi42q wrote

Saw the build video (I'm a fan), and they did indeed put that whole thing on Katelyn's legs and she was using it. Although it took two people to put it there and I'm guessing it wasn't for very long.

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innkeeper_77 t1_j9z3enp wrote

It totally can if you are a giant…..

The project is ENTIRELY for being silly. Their criteria was that it needed to function as a laptop, with internal batteries and everything. Others have made larger “worlds largest laptops” but they weren’t internally powered, one massive one at a trade show even had a rear projection ROOM. (See hackadays recent article on this for that one) - this laptop is useless, the keyboard is even unusable big…. But it DOES all function so theoretically a giant could use it as a laptop.

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BloomEPU t1_j9y8aax wrote

The people who made it tested it out in their youtube video, I think they had to wear some kind of leg padding.

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Shanhaevel t1_ja2dmr7 wrote

My thoughts exactly. There is no point to this thing.

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Suekru t1_ja2scq5 wrote

I mean. 100 pounds on your lap isn’t not that bad. People sit on each other all the time lol

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DTFlash t1_j9yf35c wrote

Why are all the comments "Well that's not practical"? It's not supposed to be, it was made as a goof.

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AkirIkasu t1_j9zcve8 wrote

You'd think the giant oversized novelty keyboard might have been a hint.

I'd make a comment about how they should have got it from how much Evan and Katelyn laugh in their video, but I would be even more amazed if they watched the video than if they read the article, which also makes it super clear that it's not made for the purposes of being practical.

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MikeDubbz t1_ja33y0d wrote

Considering all the blank real estate on the base, for the sake of the goof, you'd think they'd have gone all out and make it a truly huge keyboard that fills up the entire base instead of just the relatively smaller portion that it does.

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inconclusivereality t1_j9z0h7b wrote

I love Evan and Katelyn! They make things just for fun.

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lizrdgizrd t1_ja1mreh wrote

I just watched this a few days ago. Saw the title and wondered if it was them.

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Calligraphee t1_ja2asld wrote

They're so creative and they have the DIY skills (and available tools!) to really make things work out that you'd think would totally fail (like this laptop). I love their channel!

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Mitoria t1_j9ygr9o wrote

Idk why people aren't getting the comedy of this. Even and Kate are hilarious and I've watched a ton of their videos--this is meant to be silly and weird and not at all serious.

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financialmisconduct t1_j9yz2hl wrote

It's basically a portable desktop

I'd have one, it fits in a car, protects the screen, and gives me my full environment anywhere

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SoftlySpokenPromises t1_ja0380u wrote

I can see the humor in it, but ain't no way I'm calling something that weighs 100lb portable or a laptop.

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financialmisconduct t1_j9z024s wrote

It's a very minor edge-case, but it's certainly preferable to lugging my 60lb desktop + 40lb monitor, along with all the accessories, only to find out they don't have anywhere for me to setup when I get there

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AkirIkasu t1_j9zd8fe wrote

You realize this is the same people who made a mood-ring toilet seat, a velvet toilet seat, and also have a website they made with a sponsor with the domain feelurbutt.com?

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Secure_SeaLab t1_j9yyi2p wrote

But it just comes off as wasteful and stupid. Where’s the funny part?

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TheMace808 t1_j9zy7zl wrote

Oh shush worse stuff has been made or wasted for a joke. At least they’re spending their own money and could just take the parts out for something useful

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Secure_SeaLab t1_ja1f4o2 wrote

Ok, I mean lots of people think stupidity is funny I guess. Seems like a waste at best.

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TheMace808 t1_ja1fcg1 wrote

I mean yeah it’s funny because it’s absurd, they could probably just take the parts out and use it for something serious, not much of a wasye

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A1000eisn1 t1_ja2dtjv wrote

Absurdity is the foundation for comedy. Did you ever consider that you have a poor sense of humor?

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Paymepoo t1_j9zocrw wrote

Today when I walked into my economics class I saw something I dread every time I close my eyes. Someone had brought their new gaming laptop to class. The Forklift he used to bring it was still running idle at the back. I started sweating as I sat down and gazed over at the 700lb beast that was his laptop. He had already reinforced his desk with steel support beams and was in the process of finding an outlet for a power cable thicker than Amy Schumer's thigh. I start shaking. I keep telling myself I'm going to be alright and that there's nothing to worry about. He somehow finds a fucking outlet. Tears are running down my cheeks as I send my last texts to my family saying I love them. The teacher starts the lecture, and the student turns his laptop on. The colored lights on his RGB Backlit keyboard flare to life like a nuclear flash, and a deep humming fills my ears and shakes my very soul. The entire city power grid goes dark. The classroom begins to shake as the massive fans begin to spin. In mere seconds my world has gone from vibrant life, to a dark, earth shattering void where my body is getting torn apart by the 150mph gale force winds and the 500 decibel groan of the cooling fans. As my body finally surrenders, I weep, as my school and my city go under. I fucking hate gaming laptops.

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GhettoFinger t1_ja16bni wrote

Was…was the keyboard mechanical type that reproduced the sound of thunder with each stroke 😱?

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vanderzee t1_ja5qvmx wrote

surely each key stroke sounds like a shot from 50 cal sniper rifle

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thepetoctopus t1_j9zl2nh wrote

I really hope Evan and Katelyn find this thread. They would get a kick out of the number of people who are struggling right now.

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samwe5t t1_j9yywvs wrote

The brain cells in this thread are few and far between

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GreatWall t1_j9y32uz wrote

How big is you lap?!

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ackermann t1_j9zdqav wrote

And in the thumbnail image above, she’s just watching a Twitch streamer? Which you could do on a smart TV, with no computer at all

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thepetoctopus t1_j9zns91 wrote

The twitch stream she’s watching is their own stream. They make silly projects like this just to see if they can. They stream on Twitch as well. I recommend checking them out at Evan and Katelyn on YouTube.

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monkeyman1947 t1_j9ysxja wrote

Ok, but I know a music producer that, on visits, drags his iMac Pro to and from his parents home in Maryland.

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throwawaygreenpaq t1_j9zzecp wrote

I read MacBook Pro five times and wondered what was wrong with dragging it to Maryland.

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LateTripper t1_j9zxbpo wrote

Gotta level up to that m2 chip. The upgraded air is more than powerful enough for music applications now.

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monkeyman1947 t1_ja09lrv wrote

It’s not an issue of ‘power’. His iMax Pro has plenty of power to edit multiple streams of music. The issue is having a compatible monitor (to include a built in camera). I suspect a smaller M1 iMac would work as well but with a lot less viewing ‘real estate’.

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ace72ace t1_j9y7g6f wrote

More like a tabletop if you ask me…

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Uptown_NOLA t1_ja1g02f wrote

Forget carpal tunnel, this baby will give ya tennis elbow.

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RatedHDG t1_ja1iok8 wrote

When Andre the Giant orders a laptop

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r4ckless t1_j9yqb3u wrote

That’s hilariously big

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OriginalMrMuchacho t1_ja0mfta wrote

Whose ‘lap’ is this designed for, André the Giant?

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questionname t1_j9ydovd wrote

The weights more than a standard desktop and monitor.

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AndrewZabar t1_j9ylh2q wrote

But imagine the RAID array of SSDs you could stick in there!

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Avia53 t1_j9zsd6q wrote

So portable too.

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VictorHelios1 t1_ja12gkl wrote

Pretty sure that no longer counts as a “laptop” and is now actually just a desktop

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GrizDrummer25 t1_ja203ce wrote

At some point, as a culture, we need to learn that words have meanings. This is not a 'laptop' if it needs a table.

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firebos7 t1_j9yeojg wrote

Laptop...

You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

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448977 t1_j9yeyu5 wrote

Wouldn’t want to be sitting next to this on an airplane, provided they could get it on the plane LOL.

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cj_606 t1_j9yzajf wrote

*floor computer

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ccv707 t1_j9z9y75 wrote

…..a desktop?

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about2godown t1_j9zheuo wrote

Could we? Yes. Should we? Also, yes. But maybe no.

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BauerHouse t1_j9zvauc wrote

How do they vent heat?

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CleverJail t1_ja03g70 wrote

Many things are laptops with enough determination and a willing lap

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ynazuma t1_ja04d0d wrote

A hinge does not a laptop make

It’s in the name. “Lap”….

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icanith t1_ja09gv5 wrote

"Includes heating pad for your aching back", you mean the laptop itself?

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dubiousadvocate t1_ja0ecuw wrote

I had an Aussie coworker in the 1980s kid me saying “you yanks slap a handle on anything and call it portable”. Andre The Giant couldn’t have fit this on his lap. 🤣

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CyEriton t1_ja1eezn wrote

I know this is a gag but I’d actually use something like this (with a huge laptop bag) when I need to work out of a hotel

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warlock415 t1_ja20lqa wrote

Hopefully you didn't fly to the hotel, they'd make you buy an extra seat for your laptop.

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newbies13 t1_ja1k11c wrote

So a regular laptop, with a monitor attached, and a ton of unnecessary plastic for novelty.

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warlock415 t1_ja20qci wrote

More like a regular computer with a lot of batteries, and plywood for "novelty."

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snakebite2017 t1_ja1opvx wrote

Why is called a laptop when it's not design to be use on their laps?

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Ok-Novel-3867 t1_ja1qhcw wrote

Love the portability of it. So practical

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Treyspurge t1_ja1rlfy wrote

Lieutenant Dan is the only person that could possible use this as a “laptop”.

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warlock415 t1_ja1zof0 wrote

Someone in the video, near the end when they're showing it off in public (I gues they were not really worried about someone grabbing it and running off with it...), says "whose laptop is that, André the Giant?!" which made me have to pause the video for a minute till I was done laughing.

Also makes me wonder for a moment the ratio of people who know him from his wrestling career vs his acting career.

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daxxarg t1_ja1uf70 wrote

…..So a heavy computer

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TheRealKushh873 t1_ja1w4h4 wrote

Safe to say, that is no longer a lap top but a table top computer.

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darkaurora84 t1_ja1z44t wrote

This seems like an appropriate laptop to bring to class

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warlock415 t1_ja1zwjn wrote

Author and I were on the same wavelength.(myname) — 02/23/2023 10:16 AM

today in “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”

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Thl70 t1_ja21vaj wrote

Take my money!!!’

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TalkinTurtle t1_ja22ljz wrote

As much as I'd love to be that guy pulling this out in a lecture hall I don't think that will fit on the theater style chair desk things

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Chair_Toaster t1_ja2cmu4 wrote

You have to ask why it’s so cheap.

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Salmizu t1_ja2gd3v wrote

For only 100 pounds thats a fuckin steal

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[deleted] t1_ja2h6ub wrote

Someone doesn’t understand the meaning of “laptop”

Whose lap? Giants

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MagnesiumLead t1_ja2hn9u wrote

Guys, this isn't meant to be a marketable product. It was made for YouTube as a fun/interesting project. You all take things way too seriously...

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woowooman t1_ja2l6rg wrote

I think I had one of these in college. Dell Inspiron 9100. My gosh that thing was an absolute tank.

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dwsam t1_ja3xtsi wrote

I had the Lenovo W520, but it was only 25 pounds.

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Seaguard5 t1_ja2lk87 wrote

So can I buy one?

I can’t find the actual listing anywhere…

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MikeDubbz t1_ja33l37 wrote

100 pounds? I mean 50" tvs are relatively light these days, maybe 20 pounds? Even that sounds high. Meanwhile a typical laptop these days must weigh maybe 5 to 10 pounds. Where is all the extra weight coming from? Did they just load up the base with a bunch of extra weight so that it doesn't fall over when you pull up the screen?

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TheTinRam t1_ja3a9r3 wrote

I need a bigger backpack. I’m about to look like I did in first grade

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Alsimmons811 t1_j9z6nj8 wrote

My 15 inch subwoofer doesn’t weigh that much, how can you call it a laptop?

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internalogic t1_j9yott5 wrote

“When is a laptop a desktop?”

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dekuweku t1_j9yoyj2 wrote

That's just a desktop.

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Webfarer t1_j9yzmvb wrote

Lap-top just lost its meaning

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bigtiddyhimbo t1_j9yf3lk wrote

Sounds like a less efficient desk top

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povlov0987 t1_j9zijuh wrote

What makes it a laptop? People are so fucking stupid

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TheMace808 t1_j9zxyd3 wrote

It looks like it, it’s a joke build lmao

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povlov0987 t1_ja21ex9 wrote

I mean, there is no way to tell what is a joke and what is pure stupidity for the masses.

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TheMace808 t1_ja21pgz wrote

What do you mean, who would look at this and think it’s a serious attempt at making something useful, the joke here is that it’s absurdly big

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povlov0987 t1_ja21u8a wrote

Have you ever talked to an influencer? Never underestimate idiots with money.

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TheMace808 t1_ja21vzh wrote

There’s a whole YouTube video, they make dumb stuff all the time

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colorado_dan_rubin t1_j9y12l2 wrote

Once I saw the wood normally used for home flooring... Hard pass

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