A prototype of the amazing 7-screen notebook PC 'Aurora 7' equipped with 4 4K displays will be released


by Expanscape

In recent years, the spread of lightweight and high-performance notebook PCs has made it easier to work on PCs while on the go or on the move, but for those who use multiple displays in the office or at home, notebook PCs with only one screen can be used. The work is difficult. Therefore, a company called

Expanscape in the United Kingdom announced the amazing 7-screen notebook PC ' Aurora 7 ' equipped with four 4K displays.

Expanscape | The story of the Aurora 7
https://expanscape.com/the-aurora-7-prototype/the-story-of-the-aurora-7/

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This laptop has seven times the average number of screens --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/8/22273056/expanscape-aurora-7-seven-screen-laptop

This is the Aurora 7 prototype released by Expanscape. The main monitor, its left and right, and the four monitors at the top are all 17.3-inch 4K monitors, and a total of four 4K monitors are installed. There is one 7-inch 1280p monitor on the top of the left and right 4K monitors, and a touch screen type 7-inch 1280p monitor is also placed on the lower right of the keyboard, and it is scary that a total of 7 monitors are installed. It is a notebook PC that should be. Of course, each monitor will display its own application.


by Expanscape

Looking at Aurora 7 with the display open from the side, it looks like this. Aurora 7 is a portable notebook PC, but it is a huge device with a length of 34 cm, a width of 51 cm, and a thickness of 11 cm even when all screens are closed, and the total height in the open state is 59 cm and the width is 96 cm. The total weight of the prototype is 12 kg, but Expanscape says it wants to eventually weigh less than 10 kg. At the time of writing the article, Aurora 7 is in the prototype stage, so some of the parts are made with a 3D printer.


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The GPU installed in the Aurora 7 prototype is

NVIDIA GTX 1060 and the CPU is Intel Core i9-9900K , but in future versions the GPU will be Nvidia RTX 2070 and the CPU will be AMD Ryzen 9 3950x or Intel Core i9- It seems that it plans to adopt 10900K .

In addition, the RAM is 64GB, and the storage is equipped with a 2.5TB SSD in addition to a 2TB HDD. The battery lasts for about an hour, and it has a built-in battery with a capacity of 148Wh, so the prototype cannot be carried on an airplane. However, Expanscape has improved this point, and the next prototype will be able to be carried on an airplane.


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Although Aurora 7 is a prototype at the time of writing, Expanscape says it will actually sell Aurora 7. However, at the time of writing the article, the price was not clear, and the purchaser is required to sign a non-disclosure agreement that does not leak the price to the outside.

As an example of realizing multi-display on a notebook PC, Razer announced a prototype of the gaming notebook PC 'Project Valerie' equipped with three 4K displays in 2017. It is reported that the prototype of Project Valerie was stolen by someone when it was exhibited at the consumer electronics trade fair 'CES 2017'.

The world's first monster gaming notebook PC 'Project Valerie' equipped with three 4K displays --GIGAZINE



in Hardware, Posted by log1h_ik