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Breaking complete from the standard design for laptops, these concepts are a nice change, aesthetically and technologically. Continue reading to see them all. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Unlike other laptops, the Dreamcom10 was designed with portability in mind. Offering a "vertically adjustable LCD along with a docking station to avoid using that totally cramped integrated keyboard." Video after the break.

..you'll find a 2.2GHz T7500 processor, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a couple of USB 2.0 ports, ExpressCard slot, 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, Bluetooth / WiFi and a 160GB hard drive for good measure

The "Trak" printer basically takes mobile printing to a whole new level "by placing the entire operation on the back of a laptop display." No word yet on if this concept will go into production. Click here for one more picture.

With a detachable printer head and USB powered, this ultra compact design should be perfect for road warriors everywhere

If Art Lebedev decided to produce a laptop, its keypad might resemble the concept you see above, complete with mini LCD screens. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Truth be told, the bona fide Optimus Maximus keyboard is still quite a few bills higher than most folks are willing to pay, which makes the likelihood of a similar layout hitting laptops anytime soon that much slimmer

Apple has just upgraded its MacBook Pro-line (two 15-inch / one 17-inch models) with lots of new goodies, including: 45-nm Intel Core 2 Duo Penryn processors (up to 2.6-GHz), 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics, a multi-touch trackpad, and up to 250GB HDD / 4GB RAM. Prices start at $1999. Available now through the Apple Store.

At just 2.5-pounds, the Lenovo X300 features a 1.2-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SL7100 processor, 2GB of memory, 64GB SSD drive, and integrated EVDO (Verizon Wireless). Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

Laptop Mag posted this nice little tour of the Lenovo X300. Looks great, covering so many of those shortcomings of the Apple Airbook, at the cost of more girth. The guy in the video hefts it around, making it implicitly clear that it is not nearly as thin as the Air, but what's a few more millimeters?

This is what happens when your laptop's battery overheats at an LAX terminal: it catches fire. Video after the jump.

We're not sure if this video is of the same Dell laptop that caught fire at LAX about a year and a half ago during the laptop blaze of '06, but we've watched the thing three times already with our carpet-matching CSI kit out. It looks different

Our friends over at Akihabara News recently got their hands on Epoch's PC-Darts and provide us with a hands-on preview. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

As you can see, the monitor will display the score, so no more cheating after a couple beers, huh? It also includes various game modes to make the fun last longer

"BoringTrash" was just about to get some sleep when he "smelt toxic smoke and looked up -- fire was coming from under the laptop." Surprisingly enough, the laptop still works when used with an external monitor. Click here for first picture in gallery.

We're fairly certain this BoringTrash fellow's statement that his IBM ThinkPad R50e "tried to kill" him is a bit unfair -- it appears to us that the R50e was merely attempting to get him out of the way so that it could completely devour his bed

At just 3.0-pounds, the MacBook Air features a 13.3-inch display, 1.6-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 80GB HDD or 64GB SSD (optional), 2GB of memory, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, Micro-DVI, and an iSight camera. Best of all, users will reportedly get 5-hours of use with Wi-Fi on. Price is currently set at $1799. Click here for first picture in gallery.

[via Gizmodo]