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MSI showcased dual screen touch notebook
CES 2010: Windows 7, Menlow, 10-inch panel(s)
MSI seems to be the first company to ever show dual-screen notebook without a hardware keyboard. The concept is pretty simple, the notebook has two 10-inch screens and both of them are touch sensitive.
MSI has the ebook market in its sights, as it claims that the device can be a good ebook reader and at the same time can run Windows 7. If you need a keyboard you will have to be satisfied with a virtual one. The device comes with an SSD drive as well as with Intel’s Menlow, low power Atom CPU.
We don’t know much about battery life and potential availability but we will sure ask around. All in all except the finger smudge that you can see all over any touchscreens, there is nothing major to complain about. One can argue that hardware keyboard is irreplaceable, but millions of iPhone and similar touch copycats seems to be doing fine with touch.
Don’t forget that MSI has a Tegra-2 based tablet in the pipe as well, so the choice is yours. If you still desperately want a keyboard, you will have plenty products to choose from.