razer [update2]Razer laptop prototypes stolen at CES

[Ostwind]

Would be funny if the ones that were stolen were just barely functional enough to pass for the show and in reality the person who stole it basically got a paperweight.

[Tieox]

1 minute ago, Ostwind said:

Would be funny if the ones that were stolen were just barely functional enough to pass for the show and in reality the person who stole it basically got a paperweight.

 

I would suspect the driver support for the prototypes is akin to slapping your boss on the arse and asking for a pay rise.

 

 

[beanhubbleday]

Probably a paperweight with just enough drivers to run a video of the gameplay

[Tieox]

Just now, JackHubbleday said:

Probably a paperweight with just enough drivers to run a video of the gameplay

I think the same, even still, let us give for a moment that the 3-screen laptop was fully functioning laptop.  The moment they format it good luck getting proper driver support.  

 

Also, I imagine the hardware ID is logged. As will be the MAC address.  It's just an ornament really.  Notwithstanding the longevity of the hardware given it was just a prototype meant for demo at CES.

 

 

[VerticalDiscussions]

4 minutes ago, Kierax said:

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Would be nice if it could serve as an external monitor ehe  :L

[Ekst4zy]

Is this even that complex... I mean laptop with 2 screens on the sides. It doesn't take a genius to copy it. Razer laptops are on the market pretty long too, so it's not about internals. Makes no sense to me. 

[Tieox]

1 minute ago, Ekst4zy said:

Is this even that complex... I mean laptop with 2 screens on the sides. It doesn't take a genius to copy it. Razer laptops are on the market pretty long too, so it's not about internals. Makes no sense to me. 

 

I agree, either some small time company really wanted the design to copy.  Or it was some opportunistic thief (most likely) who saw a chance to have a sweet laptop.  

 

I just don't see it being any of the "press" there to showcase CES and the items from the manufacturers, this is their career, to risk it for what amounts to a Razer Blade with 2 extra 4K screens is just not worth it.

 

 

 

 

[Ekst4zy]

1 minute ago, Kierax said:

I agree, either some small time company really wanted the design to copy.  Or it was some opportunistic thief (most likely) who saw a chance to have a sweet laptop.  

 

I just don't see it being any of the "press" there to showcase CES and the items from the manufacturers, this is their career, to risk it for what amounts to a Razer Blade with 2 extra 4K screens is just not worth it.

 

 

 

 

Maybe... Collectors value? I mean it's the only one.  Also, it might never be an actual product. 

[Tieox]

Just now, Ekst4zy said:

Maybe... Collectors value? I mean it's the only one.  Also, it might never be an actual product. 

And the first time someone aware of its history spies it in someone's collection, only needs one tweet.. just not worth it.  It feels like an impulsive "want-take-have" type scenario without any planning or forethought of the issues which will arise afterwards.

 

Just my gut instinct tbh.

[Ekst4zy]

1 minute ago, Kierax said:

And the first time someone aware of its history spies it in someone's collection, only needs one tweet.. just not worth it.  It feels like an impulsive "want-take-have" type scenario without any planning or forethought of the issues which will arise afterwards.

 

Just my gut instinct tbh.

Isn't it the same with stolen paintings tho?  

[Tieox]

Just now, Ekst4zy said:

Isn't it the same with stolen paintings tho?  

 

I'd imagine the kind of person who stole this is the type who wants to use it daily.

 

It's not the first three screened laptop ever conceived, just one of the first i believe to be put together.  However surely any value of uniqueness goes out of the window if Razer puts the concept into production.  

 

 

[NumLock21]

35 minutes ago, Orangeator said:

Hahaha, Linus picked a bad time to joke about stealing. 

To be fair, it was way before razer noticed their prototype was stolen.

 

[spellmanuk]

3 hours ago, leadeater said:

Tell that to quite literally every car they copy which their court system allows them to do. Car makers have stopped trying to fight it since every time they take it to Chinese court they lose on the grounds the car has a different name so not coping case dismissed.

 

Personal stealing is hugely frowned upon, corporate stealing is the norm.

 

most of the cars look like someone discribed it down the phone though 

[beanhubbleday]

36 minutes ago, Kierax said:

I think the same, even still, let us give for a moment that the 3-screen laptop was fully functioning laptop.  The moment they format it good luck getting proper driver support.  

 

Also, I imagine the hardware ID is logged. As will be the MAC address.  It's just an ornament really.  Notwithstanding the longevity of the hardware given it was just a prototype meant for demo at CES.

 

 

Surely has tracking software built into OS and maybe a physical tracker too

[Thony]

Its not like they dont steal from customers *cough* $500 for GPU case *cough*

[230276_1454181718]

I guess security is not a given for CES

[NumLock21]

57 minutes ago, Ostwind said:

Would be funny if the ones that were stolen were just barely functional enough to pass for the show and in reality the person who stole it basically got a paperweight.

It's the mechanical part where, who ever stole it can reverse engineer and copy it. A example will be the workings of a keyboard.

[LukeS]

@SteelSeries yet another successful attempt to twart Razer.

[spellmanuk]

25 minutes ago, JackHubbleday said:

Surely has tracking software built into OS and maybe a physical tracker too

they where just dummy units on the show flaw the only thing that worked was the screens ie no OS

[beanhubbleday]

26 minutes ago, peej said:

they where just dummy units on the show flaw the only thing that worked was the screens ie no OS

that was my earlier argument but they would still have tracking software and/or hardware in 

[beanhubbleday]

28 minutes ago, Johners said:

It would be interesting to know what prototypes were stolen.

The projector and the triple screen laptop, idk the names

 

[Gali]

6 minutes ago, JackHubbleday said:

The projector and the triple screen laptop, idk the names

 

Not calling 'bs', but do we have concrete sources yet?

[Canadian by association]

with the amount of cctv at the show the level of stupid to even attempt to five finger discount anything is astronomical, i give it a day, two at most until they know exactly where the prototype is.

[RotoCoreOne]

I just wanna know.. you're able to go to CES. Why are you stealing?

[Notional]

Man, that sucks. I'm sure it would qualify as industrial espionage though, so quite serious.

 

Someone says it could be Linus, but he would have dropped it on the way out. And to whoever stole it: It's razer, it will break within a month.