Huge Laptop!

[Guest theeldergeek]

The laptop in the article on the BBC web site here BBC News - Introducing UK broadband's first customer, 10 years on looks massive! I can see it has a full size keyboard on it - what make is it?

[featured_spectre]

that cant be right surely. My mum has had broadband since 1998 with BT (and we have the bills to back it up!)....

 

As for the laptop, It looks like a large toshiba...either that or they are just incredibly small.

[sted]

in was going to say hp looks a bit like mine and that has an almost fullsized keyboard and num pad but it may be a tosh judging by the silver base

[sparkeh]

Yeah I thought that until I realised that the laptop is normal sized and they are just very small people.

[creese]

Looks a lot like my Tosh Satellite Pro. 17"

 

Only the sound connectors are on the front of mine.

[creese]

Yeah I thought that until I realised that the laptop is normal sized and they are just very small people.

 

Putting my hand where his is and it fits. I'm not small!

[sippo]

The Bush family also chat together on social networking site Facebook when they are not in the same room.

 

Is it just me, or is that kind of sad? Its a shame you can speak to your own kids when they're in the same house.

[creese]

Is it just me, or is that kind of sad? Its a shame you can speak to your own kids when they're in the same house.

 

I'm sad the I txt the 'Mrs', I facebook her and also email. All for a variety of reasons. One being I rarely shout.

[danrhodes]

That's not a big laptop check out this moster a Head used to have at my old school.

 

Dell XPS M2010 Product Details | Dell

[sidewinder]

that cant be right surely. My mum has had broadband since 1998 with BT (and we have the bills to back it up!)....

 

I thought that it was available around 98-99 too in limited areas

 

Maybe the first NTL/Virgin customer but certainly not the UK's first I dont reckon

[K.C.Leblanc]

I have seen a 20" Acer laptop.

[kevbaz]

We have a laptop like that here that the drama department use, has built it tv viewer and a screw on aerial cant remeber the model number but ill see if i can find out

 

 

** EDIT***

 

Ours is a Acer-9800 massive and bloomin heavy too

Edited March 29, 2010 by kevbaz

[pscott]

Viewsonic developed a 22" laptop, although I don't think they will ever release it

[LeMarchand]

That's not a big laptop check out this moster a Head used to have at my old school.

 

Dell XPS M2010 Product Details | Dell

 

Is it bad that I quite like the look of that?

[danrhodes]

Is it bad that I quite like the look of that?

 

Yes it's bad as the origional startere price was about 4k when it was released. The head got a B*ll*cking for buying it!

[K.C.Leblanc]

Found it, and that's a normal sized fridge.

[Mcshammer_dj]

"But we have the internet in common... without it I would probably see less of my kids."

 

what a sad way to live. I would think that it might be better for this lot to lose the intyernet and try actually doing stuff together

[somabc]

spending £300 a month on dial up!

[sidewinder]

spending £300 a month on dial up!

 

porn diallers

[Butters]

I thought that it was available around 98-99 too in limited areas

 

Maybe the first NTL/Virgin customer but certainly not the UK's first I dont reckon

 

I had Cable & Wireless broadband in 1998, soon to become NTL.

[Guest theeldergeek]

Looks like a 17" laptop and the camera angle makes it look bigger. Maybe a Studio 17.

 

I thought it might be a camera angle thing going on, but if you look at the position of his hands, and where they are placed, there is definitely a considerable amount of laptop to the right of his closest hand.

 

I have a Dell 17 XPS, and if I position my hands the same as in the picture, I've nowhere near the same amount of space left on the chassis.

[Guest theeldergeek]

That's not a big laptop check out this moster a Head used to have at my old school.

 

Dell XPS M2010 Product Details | Dell

 

I nearly bought one of those, but my wife decided I should get the XPS M1710 instead....

 

[glennda]

I had a 17" Toshiba at my last place was huge!!

[googlemad]

I remember the first days of my 512k broadband back in 2001. Now I'm complaining about 10mb being too slow, although Virgin traffic shaping doesn't help

[Dos_Box]

Shaun says its a. HP like his, and his is HUGE! We don't have the model number to hands as we are in a steakhouse in Holborn!