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Last week at CES, Razer unveiled its most recent image, a iii-screen laptop. As we discussed, this has become something of a CES tradition for the peripheral manufacturer, so we weren't surprised to come across the company showing off an unusual piece of kit. What was unusual was that someone walked off with both laptop prototypes at some point towards the stop of the show. Razer has offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to the safe return of the laptops, but nosotros haven't seen any public announcements about a culprit since. At present, it seems that whoever walked off with the laptops is trying to unload them.

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There is no possible way this could go wrong.

Geek.com reports that the laptops accept been listed on the Chinese website Taobao, where the thief is offering the laptops for the not-at-all crazy cost of $21,733. It's not clear what Razer can do from here — presumably Taobao has its own terms of service prohibiting the auction of stolen goods, and nosotros doubt the east-commerce company wants any part of a comparatively loftier-contour theft. If you need a laptop with support for multiple displays, at that place are small portable displays designed to run over USB3 or that utilise existing standards like HDMI, VGA, or DisplayPort. These panels tend to exist small and they don't offer 4K (1366×768 or 1920×1080 are common resolutions), but they as well don't price v figures. Every bit an added bonus, you lot can acquit them around without worrying that someone will notice you're carrying one of two prototype laptops stolen from a major trade show that y'all probably didn't go from an authorized source.

Razer hasn't said withal if it will commercialize Projection Valerie. But between the initial unveil and the thefts, the visitor has gotten more than than plenty press to determine whether in that location's demand for the concept. The idea isn't trivial — a triple-screen laptop will, by necessity, exist significantly heavier and more power-hungry than a standard design. That will limit the platform to sure markets, though it's possible that Razer could farther modify the idea by making the screens detachable, or allowing the user to ability certain displays at certain times without compromising the laptop design.

There are also some practical pattern elements to consider — how much wear and tear can the screen extension and retraction mechanism take, and what are the impairment pitfalls associated with having a laptop that much wider than an ordinary organisation? These are the kinds of small issues that can collectively plow a product from a must-take into a flawed take on a good idea. Razer volition need to figure them out earlier deciding if a workstation-grade triple arrangement is worth the price to bring it to market place.