Russian engineers learned how to make rather compact notebook from a personal computer. All what you need is a reliable monitor. Now they want to put it in production.
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Nice idea, but looking at the components I guess it would be a very noisy construction!
A nice idea, yes. As far as I know, the idea first came to market in 1984 when Apple launched the first Mac, although the PC in the photograph looks more like the slightly later all-in-one PowerMacs or the rather younger (but just as extinct) original CRT iMacs. Prior to then, the `all-in-one’ type of PC was built into the keyboard rather than the monitor (I’m talking about PCs in the broader sense – back before MS-DOS took over, there were lots of different sorts of PC). I expect that there was an `all in the monitor box’ PC prior to the Mac – but if so, I’ve not been able to track it down. Other firms followed Apple’s lead: Amstrad did a nice line in all-in-one jobs like that, launched in 1985.
So: nicely done, but an old idea.
btw, all CRTs can be discharged safely, but you do have to know what you are doing. Many are designed with bleeder resistors to discharge them when you unplug (can’t trust off switches any more; many of them are purely software affairs), but these resistors sometimes fail so you should always discharge manually – unless you’ve left the thing unplugged for several days and you’re feeling lucky. Those of us who have repaired old `compact’ Macs have had to find out about such things.
ever heard of HIGH VOLTAGE…?
not the safest experiment…
It’s not an experiment, they put a PC inside a monitor.
That’s an LCD inside a CRT case, so there’s no high voltage, as far as I know.
Ummm…. the LCD backlight inverters are usually over 2000 volts….
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The problem is that the CRT itself is a capacitor: that’s where the troublesome charge is kept.
Lol… in mother russia, iMac makes you!
thats not a notebook
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Surely the title should be… “Making a notebook into a PC”
Anyway, it looks like they didn’t use a notebook at all, just a flat monitor and regular PC parts.
Nice project though…
Similar to: http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Nintendo-NES-PC/?ALLSTEPS
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Well considering Apple already did this, They would be infringing on patents. Not like anyone cares about that though.
Really, which patent would it violate?
E-Machines did that about 6 years ago and got sued by apple. It’s not good for business when you get sued for stuff that someone already makes.
That’s only when you produce something for sale.
Judging by the description… “Now they want to put it in production.”, I think there is an intent to sell.
If you believe every sentence written in an humoristic blog like this one you should look for psychiatric help.
Got any recommendations?
Necessity is the mother of invention! Alot of thought and time went into this..
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Making monitor into iMac would have been a better title.
I don’t believe it.
Photoshop!!
Why You dont believe in so many simplest things?
Comments of Yours looks rather like sarcastic spam than real opinion.
Cool idea. Not much room for expansion/upgrades however.
Wouldn’t the CRT be susceptible to all of the magnetism of the hard drive and other components?
anton, he is not a rocket scientist, he is an economic guru among other things.
My fault. I glanced at it and thought it had one of your famous Russian tubes.
Russian iMac!
Dumbest Idea ever, in this days people want smaller things what get that when you can buy a real laptop o.0
I still prefer CRT’s to the new fangeled devices.
Nice idea! In Kazachstan,that is my country, i want to import this jewel of technolodgy. Like the compact computer only need room for the screen. Wow like this invention. Please send me contact information for import at: futurtechnology@import kz
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Nice construction indeed………………
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Hahahaa! When are they coming out. i want 3 of those ASAP!!!!