So, I went on my every-so-often hunt for a widescreen convertible, frustrating as it has perpetually been. Once upon a time I saw a press release that someone was going to release a 17″ tablet, but it never came out, and I honestly can’t remember who it was in that release. Today, I stumbled across an april fools’ prank that makes me angry.

Not angry at the prankster, mind you, but rather angry at the manufacturers of these portables. Why? I’m angry because I was beginning to consider how much I could justify spending on the device this guy is pretending to have. Yeah, I know, I’m ruining the gag to set it up this way, and I really don’t care, because I have a diatribe, and this was more than a month ago, so I’m not ruining it for anyone who would have ever seen it anyway. That said, I want to be very clear on this point: I would buy the hell out of the object that man pretends to have.
Honestly, my Inspiron 9200 would be ideal if it just had a swivelling touchpad (and if I shelled out for extra RAM.) But my god, look at the size. The impact on one’s productivity would be enormous, and there’s more than enough room for the battery packs he describes. Frankly, the battery life issue wouldn’t even matter so much to me. I would shell out five or six thousand dollars on one of these without a second thought.

Hemmacher Schlemmer, DO MY BIDDING. And charge me triple, I don’t care. Make this happen!