【原创】传说中的Houdini！Thinkpad T61会变成这样吗？

kwaiten

今天在网上找到了联想设计部执行理事David W. Hill的博客，发现了一款创意十足的ThinkPad新品，他们叫他Houdini！但目前还没有上市计划，据说联想会在5月份随迅驰4的发布而推出新一代T61，又会是什么样子呢？T61或者今后的T6x里会借鉴这种概念吗？拭目以待吧。

下面的内容就是他博客里的文章，我简单翻译了一下，由于英语水平有限，翻译不当之处还望谅解。
翻译请见我的博客：
http://www.cherui.com/kwaiten/article.asp?id=68



Title: ThinkPad Exploration: Houdini Escapes the Box?
链接：http://www.lenovoblogs.com/designmatters/?p=120

More and more people are using a notebook these days as their only computer. Most of this has been brought on by improvements in reliability, processor speed, battery life, wireless performance, and the desire to connect/work anywhere. Sounds like a ThinkPad to me. The most significant difference between notebooks and desktops often is the hardware user interface. What that means is the relative position of the monitor and keyboard.

Along those lines, we experimented with a design a few years ago for ThinkPad that created quite a stir in the industry. The concept was widely shown in the media and won a IDEA gold award from the IDSA and Business Week Magazine in 2003.

The fundamental idea was to create a innovative ThinkPad that could transform from the traditional clamshell form factor to a configuration more similar to a desktop user interface. All of this was accomplished using a patented mechanism that elevated the display and slid the keyboard down and toward the user in one slick motion. We ultimately decided to not bring it to market, but rather to get feedback on the concept from customers and industry analysts. It certainly worked from that perspective. Everyone who saw it had opinions, most of them positive. John Spooner at CNET wrote a great article about it following a brief demo in New York.

Within the design team the concept was quickly dubbed Houdini, paying homage to the legendary magician/escape artist. Could ThinkPad escape the familiar box and become something different? We certainly had done it before with pioneering products like the famous butterfly keyboard 701C. I still have mine.

The question I would like to pose to this audience is whether or not we should move Houdini from idea to reality. I’ll post a poll soon to gather your votes. We posted a short animation so you can see it in action. This clip was originally used for the IDSA awards ceremony. Thanks for the feedback.

jarodpeach

不可能是61的
而且胡迪尼很老了

kwaiten

的确是很早的设计，但是设计师现在才把他拿出来，一定是有他的目的的。

硬盘是我家

确实相当强悍。

zhangyongtao - 液晶屏改装

这样的机器让人很担心机械故障啊

AlexQ

很特別,很另類,很酷...

beyondest

很是期待啊……

juve

联想没这个能力.

limonet

蛮有新意的。

tcpipp

很好的设计啊，用起来也应该感觉不错

fighter31m

QUOTE:

原帖由 juve 于 2007-4-3 14:00 发表
联想没这个能力.

不要动辄把联想扁的这么低．现在thinkpad的首席设计师还是内藤先生．这个年纪也是最成熟的时候，设计的产品不见得比早期差

sherk

看见过海尔有一款和这个很像的

fighter31m

海尔v60?哪个很垃圾

wu0232

我也海尔那款~ 有点类似

juve

QUOTE:

原帖由 fighter31m 于 2007-4-3 14:16 发表

不要动辄把联想扁的这么低．现在thinkpad的首席设计师还是内藤先生．这个年纪也是最成熟的时候，设计的产品不见得比早期差

看看触摸板就知道了,这玩意儿是真的吗.不会是复古设计吧/
而且之前就看过了,从时间上算来,早就不是联想能够设计出来的了.

[ 本帖最后由 juve 于 2007-4-3 16:58 编辑 ]

kwaiten

是T4x时期的作品

lcptw

same to 海尔

i copy u , u copy my

hp

t61已经出来了，14宽

zhangmh619

键盘改回来，14宽强烈考虑一下

SSjuin

这个设计很早了

Final_P

202303考古队前来报道