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[[Image:sbemail119.PNG|right|thumb|The Lappy 486.]]
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[[Image:sbemail119.PNG|left|thumb|The Lappy 486.]]
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[[Image:lappyemail.png|right|thumb|Lappy 486's email client]]
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The '''Lappy 486''' is [[Strong Bad]]'s third and current computer, and is manufactured by [[Compy, Inc]]. It replaced the [[Compy 386]] after it was infected with 423,827 viruses and shotgunned by [[Bubs]].
The '''Lappy 486''' is [[Strong Bad]]'s third and current computer, and is manufactured by [[Compy, Inc]]. It replaced the [[Compy 386]] after it was infected with 423,827 viruses and shotgunned by [[Bubs]].
The Lappy 486 has a more modern email program with a subject line, a reply pane, and easy-access buttons:  Reply, Forward, Delete, Save, Computer, and Image.  However, when Strong Bad clears the screen, all of it disappears and he continues typing.
The Lappy 486 has a more modern email program with a subject line, a reply pane, and easy-access buttons:  Reply, Forward, Delete, Save, Computer, and Image.  However, when Strong Bad clears the screen, all of it disappears and he continues typing.
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[[Image:lappyemail.png|right|thumb|Lappy 486's email client]]
 
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Strong Bad describes its startup noise as "classy." His attempt to repeat it is quite out of tune.
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==Quick Facts==
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'''Debut''': First seen in [[Strong Bad Email]] 119, "[[animal]]." First mentioned by [[The Brothers Chaps]] in the "[[invisibility]]" DVD commentary.
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'''Features''':
:*42 pounds!!
:*42 pounds!!
:*2MB Hard Drive!
:*2MB Hard Drive!
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:*Warning: Five Minute Battery Life (Strong Bad said it is "One half of ten minutes")
:*Warning: Five Minute Battery Life (Strong Bad said it is "One half of ten minutes")
:*512 K Ram
:*512 K Ram
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:*"Finally, a computer for your lap!"—Compy
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"Finally, a computer for your lap!"—Compy
 
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The Lappy 486's screen ratio (aspect ratio) is 1.67 (width): 1 (height), as opposed to a normal screen of 1.3:1 and a widescreen of 1.85:1.
 
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Strong Bad describes its startup noise as "classy." His attempt to repeat it is quite out of tune.
 
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Unlike the Compy 386, the Lappy features no "back" button.
 
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This is Strong Bad's first computer without contrast buttons.
 
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'''Debut:''' First seen in [[Strong Bad Email]] 119, "[[animal]]." First mentioned by [[The Brothers Chaps]] in the "[[invisibility]]" DVD commentary.
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'''Screen Ratio''': (aspect ratio) is 1.67 (width): 1 (height), as opposed to a normal screen of 1.3:1 and a widescreen of 1.85:1.
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'''Interactive Feature:''' Clicking on the Lappy's screen simulates the effect seen on laptop LCDs: applied force moves the liquid inside (a Liquid Crystal Display), causing a "wave" of distorted colors.  
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'''Interactive Feature''': Clicking on the Lappy's screen simulates the effect seen on laptop LCDs: applied force moves the liquid inside (a Liquid Crystal Display), causing a "wave" of distorted colors. Unlike the Compy 386, the Lappy features no "back" button. This is also Strong Bad's first computer without contrast buttons.  
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Computers]]

Revision as of 17:22, 25 December 2004

The Lappy 486.
Lappy 486's email client

The Lappy 486 is Strong Bad's third and current computer, and is manufactured by Compy, Inc. It replaced the Compy 386 after it was infected with 423,827 viruses and shotgunned by Bubs.

The Lappy 486 has a more modern email program with a subject line, a reply pane, and easy-access buttons: Reply, Forward, Delete, Save, Computer, and Image. However, when Strong Bad clears the screen, all of it disappears and he continues typing.

Strong Bad describes its startup noise as "classy." His attempt to repeat it is quite out of tune.


Quick Facts

Debut: First seen in Strong Bad Email 119, "animal." First mentioned by The Brothers Chaps in the "invisibility" DVD commentary.


Features:

  • 42 pounds!!
  • 2MB Hard Drive!
  • "Several" Color Monitor
  • Warning: Five Minute Battery Life (Strong Bad said it is "One half of ten minutes")
  • 512 K Ram
  • "Finally, a computer for your lap!"—Compy


Screen Ratio: (aspect ratio) is 1.67 (width): 1 (height), as opposed to a normal screen of 1.3:1 and a widescreen of 1.85:1.


Interactive Feature: Clicking on the Lappy's screen simulates the effect seen on laptop LCDs: applied force moves the liquid inside (a Liquid Crystal Display), causing a "wave" of distorted colors. Unlike the Compy 386, the Lappy features no "back" button. This is also Strong Bad's first computer without contrast buttons.

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