But the likely buyers of the hefty (8.7 pounds) laptop, graphics and engineering professionals as well as avid hobbyists, may have to wait until after this holiday season to buy the Spacebook.

The little-known Alaska-based firm said last month on its blog that it was of Spacebooks available by the end of the year, for the U.S. and Canadian markets only.

However, gScreen said last week that it planned a "pre-sale event" on December 15th, and confirmed the screen size of its first model and the

gScreen did not immediately return requests for clarification.

Rob Enderle, a longtime independent PC market analyst, said that not launching in time for the holidays may not be a problem for the company. "The kind of audience that buys this thing are engineers or architects. They're not regular notebook users," he said.