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"Last time we saw the GScreen dualscreen Spacebook laptop it was sporting two 15.4-inch screens and promising to be ready by the end of 2009. Obviously the small Alaska-based company missed that cut off, but we're told there's a reason -- and it's an interesting one at that. Apparently the two 15-inch displays didn't provide enough screen real estate, and the company has now opted to use two 17.3-inch screens."

While the idea of the dual screen laptop is great in theory, I really don't think it looks good in practice. To start with, this laptop looks huge in the pictures and doesn't really look too portable. I'm not even sure that having two screens in front of you in a straight line would be easy to use and view. I have two monitors at work and I find I have to angle them in slightly to make them easier to see, or have one in front and one angled to the side. Having said that, there is no doubt that two screens definitely improves my productivity. If you were in the market for a laptop, would this be something you would be looking for?

"This really doesn’t look like something that will catch on, but it’s certainly momentous. The Lenovo W700DS has one 17-inch display like its predecessor, and another 10-inch one that slides out from behind. Madness, you say? Yeah, I agree."

I've always found that the extra screen real estate of a second monitor adds considerably to productivity and it has always frustrated me that laptops have always lacked an effective option to have a second monitor. Yes, many laptops do offer secondary displays, but hooking up an extra monitor, and positioning it to compliment the main display is quirky at best. While some my balk, I'm finding this new laptop from Lenovo deliciously tempting. While the 10 inch display is a bit small, it can still be useful for showing handy supporting information on whatever I'm working at.