Computer inside keyboard? yea its true, People always wanted something new, and Manufacturer always wants to serve something new. so here is pc in keyboard the Zero-Footprint-PC codenamed ZPC-GX31. This is All In One pc, its powered by an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU, 1GB LAN and DVI interface, 4GB of DDR2/667MHz RAM, Audio Inputs/Outputs, PS/2 inputs, 4 USB ports, Ethernet Jack, optical drive DVD+/-RW or CDRW-DVD, a Serial ATA HD, Intel Graphics Card, and few fans to keep the unit cool. however the spaces are customizable, ZPC-GX31 priced at $699.00 to $1099.
Ever since the Apple I, there have been computers like this. Atari, Commodore, Texas Instruments, Acorn, Apple, Sinclair, Timex, Oric,etc. etc. all had keyboard sized computers.
There were many “all in one” style computers with built-in keyboards, many of them being not much bugger than a keyboard existed:
Atari – 600XL, 800XL, 520ST, 1040ST(E), Falcon
Commodore – VIC20, 64, 128, Amiga 500
Apple – IIc
Texas Instruments – TI99/4a
Sinclair – ZX80, ZX81, ZXSpectrum, ZXSpectrum 128, QL
Timex – TS1000, TS1500, TS2000, TS2048, TS2068
and so on….
This is not a new idea. However, there were milestones. The first to have a built-in mass storage was the Sinclair QL. The first to have a hard drive, built-in, was the Atari Falcon. So I guess the first to have a hard drive and DVD drive is this unit. Big deal.
Want to know why the all-in-one design kept failing? Simple, lack of expansion, and parts would keep coming loose due to vibration from typing. Any socketed chips will need to be held down firmly with metal brackets. Atari learned this with their 1040ST line. Let’s not forget heat.
omg, this is photoshopped!
mmm…what happens if the keyboard breaks?
this thing it kinda accident prone.
verynice though.
I guess I was too young when the original came out. This is new to me. It looks nice, but I think my blackberry has more power then “the keyboard”. Somebody out there likes it. What’s next, the hammerhead cell phones? The 80′s is coming back.
Retro=new? Well, that’s certainly news to me.
Looks like my A1200 only uglier… it has btter specs tho : D
The computer i got after my spectrum used the same concept it was a pc 200 from sinclair. I miss that machine, it still works!!!
Why… why would anyone need this? It’s just an inconvenient laptop. o_O