Seeing the new dual screen laptop at http://www.gscreencorp.com/ reminded me of a concept for a dual screen that I had some years ago. After giving presentations to clients all huddled around my laptop (when the screens were only visible sitting directly in front) I thought it would be ideal to have a laptop with opposing screens so I could be on one side and the client could view from the opposite side.

Although not ideal with the screen positioned at a 90 degree angle, it still would be useful for anyone giving presentations to small groups, real estate agents, finance brokers, sales reps etc.

The Gscreen prompted a modification to the concept by having a hinged based system for the screens so that they could be adjusted to varying angles and have the possibility of 2 screens facing the user. Here are a couple of pictures to look at.

There are some obvious flaws with the concept, some being:

• The weight of the screens would probably be too heavy for the laptop to hold up using monitors the size of the ones in the example picture. With monitor weight decreasing  and utilising widescreen monitors it possibly could work.



• When folded the outside screen would have no protective cover. Maybe a clip on cover would be needed?
• Battery life, weight, cost etc as with the Gscreen, but it’s for a niche market, not everyone needs two screens but once you have it’s hard to go back.
• The screen when folded down to face the opposite way would be upside down. This can be inverted with the graphics card display settings but a more convenient method would need to be implemented.
• The hinges would be under considerable pressure from the weight of two monitors.