14 DAY TRIAL // We've all seen different sorts of designs being applied to hardware components, some of which look funny, but serve as a real purpose; others just look funny, for the sake of looking funny. Philips has taken a little bit of functionality and added it to a notebook in a funny way. This is how the Philips X200, a.k.a. "Longneck", notebook appeared.
The notebook's configuration is comprised of an Intel Core Duo U2500 processor running at 1.73GHz, with a 533MHz FSB and 2MB cache L2, Microsoft's Windows Vista Home Premium as the operating system, 1GB of RAM, a 12.1-inch bright wide-screen display, a 100GB hard drive, a DVD ReWriter drive, a 1.3 megapixels built-in webcam, Intel GMA 950 shared graphics, up to 128MB and Wi-Fi network connection.
The Longneck nickname came from the shape of the arm holding up the 12.1-inch display; it somewhat resembles a giraffe, or a dinosaur, being the main attraction for this product. It can be adjusted in a lot of positions; it also extends, thus getting even longer, it can be tilted back and forth and it either serves as a triangle shaped viewing station, or as a Macintosh look-alike. The notebook also has two slightly raised round lines on the top and bottom of it. To better understand, they are situated above and below the keyboard. These serve as stopping points where you can rest the displays' sides, for better positioning.
Although the closest kin to this model would be a tablet PC, which also has some shape-shifting abilities, one such model isn't always large enough to fit a large array of components. So Philips' notebook comes in to fill the gap between tablet PC and notebook, with a hybrid looking model. The pricing for this model is of $1703, VAT included.