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How many users want their laptop to be less portable? Every quarter pound does make a difference in real world convenience. You're already giving up performanc

by rz2k 9y ago

How many users want their laptop to be less portable? Every quarter pound does make a difference in real world convenience. You're already giving up performance if you choose a laptop over a desktop computer as your "tool", and probably using some form of cluster if you're doing any heavy computation. Sometimes reading pros talking about how they need to do pro computing on their pro computer, you wonder whether they would get even more satisfaction from a bag of external batteries and lots of serious-looking accessories. If they're running complex models somewhere off the grid, a large solar array and some car batteries would look even cooler!

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jethro_tell 9y ago
Aside from the tone, I think the thought that the 'pro' series should follow the older body type and optimize for battery and performance. That's not the craziest thing. If you want a console to hit your cluster or work machines, get the not pro line. There are worlds where people need self-contained mobile compute.
not_kurt_godel 9y ago
How portable is your laptop if you can't use it for more than 30 minutes without an electrical socket? A quarter pound is an insignificant amount of weight. Most people would probably quickly get used to having to carry around 5 extra pounds of weight in their daily bag/backpack/whatever. Also, there is a massive range of computing power between "I can barely use gmail because my browser is laggy" and needing a compute cluster; and a massive difference between being able to perform your daily computing tasks smoothly vs. with noticeable lag that adds friction to everything you try to do. Your dichotomies are false and hyperbolic. I think a significant proportion of people who are even moderate computer users would prefer increased battery life and snappy performance at the expense of a slightly bulkier laptop.

by rz2k 9y ago

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jethro_tell 9y ago

Aside from the tone, I think the thought that the 'pro' series should follow the older body type and optimize for battery and performance. That's not the craziest thing. If you want a console to hit your cluster or work machines, get the not pro line. There are worlds where people need self-contained mobile compute.

not_kurt_godel 9y ago

How portable is your laptop if you can't use it for more than 30 minutes without an electrical socket? A quarter pound is an insignificant amount of weight. Most people would probably quickly get used to having to carry around 5 extra pounds of weight in their daily bag/backpack/whatever. Also, there is a massive range of computing power between "I can barely use gmail because my browser is laggy" and needing a compute cluster; and a massive difference between being able to perform your daily computing tasks smoothly vs. with noticeable lag that adds friction to everything you try to do. Your dichotomies are false and hyperbolic. I think a significant proportion of people who are even moderate computer users would prefer increased battery life and snappy performance at the expense of a slightly bulkier laptop.