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Cool project, but way too heavy to be used as a tablet. Even iPad is a bit too heavy at 680g (1.5lbs) and has to be rested on something after a few minutes of u
by kennu 16y ago
Cool project, but way too heavy to be used as a tablet. Even iPad is a bit too heavy at 680g (1.5lbs) and has to be rested on something after a few minutes of use.
I used to own a HP TC4400 (2kg) and an older Progear tablet (1.5kg) and that range is just not usable in the same way as iPads or Kindles are. Kindle at 290g is about the optimum, weighing the same as a typical book and easy to hold for extended periods of time.
- halostatue 16y agoThe Kindle's weight is closer to that of a paperback book; it's size is also analogous. The iPad is closer in size and weight to a hardcover. While I prefer the weight of a paperback to read, I don't think that the weight of the current iPad is a huge problem. I don't see the iPad getting much lighter because I don't see Apple switching from a glass screen.
- stcredzero 16y agoAbout a 30% weight loss would be ideal, and probably very doable.
- keefe 16y agoI'm 6'3/190 so the weight doesn't trouble me, the only thing I don't understand is why windows.........