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Sure, but it seems like if they wanted to be able to connect USB devices while the Book is in a tablet mode, they would simply put USB ports on the screen inste
by sliverstorm 11y ago
Sure, but it seems like if they wanted to be able to connect USB devices while the Book is in a tablet mode, they would simply put USB ports on the screen instead of engineering a fancy reversible hinge. Ports just don't seem like the killer reason to offer that mode.
Usually the keyboard-folded-back mode is offered in lieu of a detachable screen.
- dogma1138 11y agoThat mode is for artists / creators who need the discrete GPU and the pen, it should have no effect on the ports.
- jholman 11y agoIt seems to me that once they've built a detachable screen, making it reversible is simple: you just make the data connector reversible, OR you put the data connector offset and build two of them on the keyboard side, so the screen plugs into one or the other depending on orientation. Either way, pretty cheap. There is no "fancy reversible hinge"; the fancy is in the detachability. What do you get for that? Battery, IO, and GPU. If you want to put USB ports on the screen, that limits the thinness of the screen (SBook screen: 7.7mm. SPro4: 8.5mm, which they allege was limited by USB ports).