Originally published at: Keyboard comes with built-in touchscreen monitor | Boing Boing
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Considering the resolution, it seems like more of a half-ass monitor
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Looks like it’s supposed to be a PC equivalent of the Asus zenbook pro duo, which has a half-monitor on the keyboard part of the laptop. The swooshy splash desktop background on it even makes it look visually like the ads for that laptop - I’m sure that’s just coincidence though.
The extra screen space was nice on a laptop (though mine cooked itself to death three days after the warranty expired), but on a PC, you’ve got extra desk space anyways, so why would you not just get a whole monitor? They’re not that expensive these days, and if you need a touch screen (for artists for example) there are dedicated drawing tablet screens you can get that are much better suited to the job.
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I could maybe see using this as a monitor keyboard combo for working with Raspberry Pis. It seems like it would server the same purpose (albeit at a higher price tag) as the Atrix Lapdock I currently use for that purpose.
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Somebody might be able to use it, but to me it looks like the solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
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I’m not buying it until I see someone running Doom on it.
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It may be intended to be much less a problem-solver than a nice convenience. Someone already shopping for a mechanical keyboard may see the convenience of having a split-screen (ex: remote meetings).
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Neat. But without a numeric keypad, I’d have to pass.
USB-C is pretty common nowadays.
It’s not enough to have a USB-C cable! It has to be a “good” one, with all the lanes. The most reliable way to get one that does is to search “Thunderbolt cable”, something about that always tickles me.
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See, if it had a compartment for an Rpi inside it… now we’re cooking with gas.
But … just make it with a computer already in it!
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Whenever I head to server rooms at clients to sort out problematical servers (boot issues etc), I need to go find the ‘crash cart’ - wheeled cart with monitor, keyboard and mouse. Usually the basics, USB for the HIDs and bog standard VGA for the monitor. Always a PITA.
But if the servers had thunderbolt ports on the front… and I was carrying this little beaut… happy days! 
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“You can use your own keycaps!”
Gasp “OMG! ! yay! That’s amazing 
!” - WHO GIVES A SH*T!
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