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Spot on. They went chasing television viewers with 16:9 glossy screens and all the productivity types held onto their old machines and wept for the future. I
by shirro 11y ago
Spot on.
They went chasing television viewers with 16:9 glossy screens and all the productivity types held onto their old machines and wept for the future.
I don't want a paper thin Netflix viewer. I have a tablet and a huge tv for that. And I sure don't want to do work on a tablet PC.
I want to see some context on the code I am editing or view a PDF full page. Sure you can go side by side on a huge 16:9 screen but on a compact laptop my vision can't do it even at retina levels.
I get sick of squinting at everything through a mail slot.
Lets get back to productive screens and keyboards and sensible designs that aren't going to sacrifice battery life or functionality to be the thinnest and shiniest.
Dell and HP are going to be the last places to look for innovation. I suspect 90% of what they do these days amounts to slapping a badge on a generic Chinese machine.
Most of the innovation seems to be from Microsoft, Apple and Google. The future of PCs will likely come from Surface, Pixel and whatever Apple does next.
- TTPrograms 11y agoMaybe AR optimized for productivity would be a useful innovation in the space. Higher resolutions (with possibly lower fields of view if necessary) and maintained visibility of keyboard/mouse should be possible with slight modifications to the VR / AR coming out now (like Microsoft's offering) - then you've got "infinite" virtual monitor space.
- ScottBurson 11y agoStill nursing along my beloved 17" MacBook Pro with matte screen, now almost 5 years old and irreplaceable. How ironic that you can get a huge iPhone and a huge iPad, but the 17" MBP is history.