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I use a Dell xps13 (13" screen in an 11" laptop chassis, almost no bezel). The (very high DPI) monitor is just barley large enough for comfort. I wouldn't want

by ido 10y ago

I use a Dell xps13 (13" screen in an 11" laptop chassis, almost no bezel). The (very high DPI) monitor is just barley large enough for comfort. I wouldn't want to work on anything smaller. Although there's still a bunch to cut down in thickness & weight.

Brakenshire 10y ago
Yes, in my opinion the magazine sizing they show in the picture is close to the limit most people would want. Cutting the sideways size doesn't give enough portability benefit to justify losing so much screen space. The manufacturers have got it right in the direction they have been going, to increase battery life, decrease the size of the bezel, decrease weight and thickness, and also improve robustness and waterproofing, so that it is no more of a hassle to carry around than a magazine, and so that you could read it like a magazine (or a tablet). We're not too far away from that. The Macbook, the Surface and the Chromebook Flip are all in the 0.9-1kg range, now it's incremental progress to reduce weight to 500-600g, improve fanless performance, and meet all the other goals above. We'll probably also see commodity pricing of fanless processors through ARM competition with Core-M, so that the prices of these devices end up closer to the Chromebook Flip than the Surface.
- ido 10y ago
  Yep. Although even my Skylake i7 xps13 can use better performance (it subjectively feels slower than a desktop sandy bridges i7, 5 years it's senior).
- kartickv 10y ago
  Interesting. I do think there's demand for smaller devices. For example, some people get their work done on a tablet.
kartickv 10y ago
I'm personally in the big screen camp as well, having recently bought an iMac 27. When I used a laptop, it was a 15-inch. But others prefer smaller screens, even getting their work done on a tablet. I do think there's demand for that.

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I use a Dell xps13 (13" screen in an 11" laptop chassis, almost no bezel). The (very high DPI) monitor is just barley large enough for comfort. I wouldn't want

by ido 10y ago

Brakenshire 10y ago
Yes, in my opinion the magazine sizing they show in the picture is close to the limit most people would want. Cutting the sideways size doesn't give enough portability benefit to justify losing so much screen space. The manufacturers have got it right in the direction they have been going, to increase battery life, decrease the size of the bezel, decrease weight and thickness, and also improve robustness and waterproofing, so that it is no more of a hassle to carry around than a magazine, and so that you could read it like a magazine (or a tablet). We're not too far away from that. The Macbook, the Surface and the Chromebook Flip are all in the 0.9-1kg range, now it's incremental progress to reduce weight to 500-600g, improve fanless performance, and meet all the other goals above. We'll probably also see commodity pricing of fanless processors through ARM competition with Core-M, so that the prices of these devices end up closer to the Chromebook Flip than the Surface.
- ido 10y ago
  Yep. Although even my Skylake i7 xps13 can use better performance (it subjectively feels slower than a desktop sandy bridges i7, 5 years it's senior).
- kartickv 10y ago
  Interesting. I do think there's demand for smaller devices. For example, some people get their work done on a tablet.
kartickv 10y ago
I'm personally in the big screen camp as well, having recently bought an iMac 27. When I used a laptop, it was a 15-inch. But others prefer smaller screens, even getting their work done on a tablet. I do think there's demand for that.