COMPUTEX: With Vista, bonus laptop displays?
PC World | at | by Mike
Three years ago, former Intel CEO Craig Barrett used his keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum to show the company's vision of what future laptops will look like.
Called Newport, the notebook design had some cool features, including a small, secondary display on the outside of the case that let users scan their e-mail, access their calendar, and check network connections. The idea was to give users access to information stored on the notebook while the case was closed.
Secondary displays never caught on with laptop makers, largely because of the added software work required to support the interface. But that could be set to change with the introduction of Vista, the next version of Microsoft's Windows operating system.