The first million dollar laptop

[gatorboy]

Finally! Something to drop my $1,000 pizza on!

http://www.gizmag.com/go/7030/


March 23, 2007 UK-based bespoke luxury goods creator Luvaglio has created the first million dollar laptop. That’s what the first of their luxury laptops will sell for. Full details of the laptop have not been released at this point, but it is known that it incorporates a 17" widescreen LED lit screen with a specially designed anti-reflective glare coating for clear and brighter image, 128GB of Solid State Disk space and a slot loading Blue-Ray drive. There is an integrated screen cleaning device and a very rare coloured diamond piece of jewellery that doubles up as the power button when placed into the laptop and also acts as security identification. Images here, video here.

Luvaglio CEO Rohan Sinclair Luvaglio told Gizmag earlier today: “Unlike many of the highly priced products being released, we took our time to develop something out of the ordinary with real attention to detail. “

“I didn't want us to simply re-house a laptop into a diamond studded casing, or diamond encrust the entire thing simply to make it expensive. We've put thought in from the keyboard down to the power charger. There is an integrated screen cleaning device and a very rare coloured diamond piece of jewellery that doubles up as the power button when placed into the laptop and also acts as security identification. We have used diamonds elsewhere but have given them purpose.”

[baldguy]

1. I'm sure there'll be some people who mortgage their home and sell their children for this.

Especailly when its pink.

[WorldResident]

2. Meanwhile 1000s of kids are dying each day of malnutrition in Africa

Move on, nothing to see here.

[aikoaiko]

3. For 1M I figured that lap top came with a lap dance at least.

Maybe a happy ending for the user.

[purduejake]

4. Glad somebody can afford this...

While their workers are likely toiling away and working obscene amounts of overtime trying to make a living.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Big deal

You can make a $1 million bedpan, if you put enough precious stones on the outside of it.

If you left off the non-essential vanity materials, it's probably worth less than 20 grand, tops.

[BlueJazz]

6. As a tech...this thing is a rip-off.

"128 gig of solid state memory"
Big deal...about 275 bucks
"17 inch wide-screen"...ah yeah...almost ALL new laptops are like that.
"Screen-Cleaner"...Give me a fuckin' break. here's a soft cloth..do it yourself...

"Special Jewell" (to insure secuity) Right!...open up the case and put a small screw-driver between the contacts. Boy!...That was Hard!!

[petronius]

7. I wonder if the service plan covers the LCD, or do you have to pay extra?

And who wants to have to be wearing the same piece of jewelry every time they need to use the computer? This sounds like a remarkably stupid idea (except that now lots and lots of people have heard of Luvaglio, and they didn't even have to build one of these monstrosities...)

[steve2470]

8. My laptop has a 19 inch screen.

And it was $3500. Just an fyi.

[leftofthedial]

9. the thing that disgusts me

is I know a few people who might actually buy such a thing

[orwell]

10. And...

...it will still crash when you load Windows Vista...

[William769]

11. Funny, My Windows Vista works just fine,