Amazing laptop

[Dylan_G]

Doubt its a standard linux release, but still, its running Ubuntu. Link
Where would you go to get one like this ?

 

[clasqm]

You build it, mate, you build it.

http://www.steampunk.com/what-is-steampunk/

 

[Centronix]

This is nerdy. I love it

 

[Sl8er]

Wow. I must own one someday.

 

[Dylan_G]

He wants $7500 for it... Link. And I'm not sure how current that is either.

 

[ponder]

He wants $7500 for it... Link. And I'm not sure how current that is either.

I saw that laptop several years ago already so it's not that current.

 

[CptNukeEm]

He wants $7500 for it... Link. And I'm not sure how current that is either.

Specs are pretty current...

The specs of the laptop will be:

* 17.3" HD+ (1600x900) LED backlit Widescreen LCD
* nVidia GeForce™ GT 540M w/1GB GDDR3 w/Optimus Switching Graphics Tecnology
* Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM (2.2~3.3GHz, 45W) w/6M L3 Cache - 4 Cores - 8 Threads
* IC Diamond upgraded thermal paste on CPU + GPU
* 8GB (2x4GB) Kingston HyperX DDR3/1600 Memory - CL9
* 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive
* Blu-Ray Reader/8x Super Multi Combo Dual Layer DVD +/-R/RW CD-R/RW Drive
* Internal 8-in-1 Card Reader: MMC/SD/Mini-SD/XD/Memory Stick/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo
* Built-in 802.11a/g/n WiFi Card + Bluetooth
* Smart Li-ion Battery 6-Cell
* Windows 7 Premium - 64-Bit Pre-installed w/Recovery Partition + Drivers & Utilities CD
* ASUS Clean Windows 7 Install DVD - For a clean OS Install - No Bloatware or Scamware
* Full Range Auto Switching AC Adapter

 

[Dylan_G]

I saw that laptop several years ago already so it's not that current.

Several is a few too many.

 

[graviti]

The original images in the OP was taken in 2008, which is about right with what he mentions on his sales page. Would be pretty cool, except I don't have R7500 to blow on a laptop, nevermind $7500. Those specs wouldn't have been too bad for August 2011, but I would have paid about R10000 for a decent brand with those specs at the time anyway. So maybe just a little overpriced

Nice woodwork though.

 

[ponder]

Specs are pretty current...

Wondering if he built more than one or retrofitted the internals of the original one.

He built that in in 2007 and back then it had a HP Pavilion ZT1000 for the internals.

EDIT:

http://www.datamancer.net/steampunklaptop/steampunklaptop.htm

6/13/11- This is the original page for the Steampunk Laptop that has been on this site for several years. I am now currently taking pre-orders on a newer version that will contain more modern hardware and a more refined design, based on this original.

If one looks at the labour (time, design, manufacturing) that goes into these things as well as the uniqueness then US$7500 is probably not that bad. He will definitely be able to sell them at that price and he's probably catering to a niche market that has the money and would love one of these in their office.