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It’s not moronic, it’s just not for you. The moronic thing is to kill bigger laptop lines. But I travel a lot and can’t use work’s laptop for my things, so I

It’s not moronic, it’s just not for you. The moronic thing is to kill bigger laptop lines. But I travel a lot and can’t use work’s laptop for my things, so I asolutely need something below 1kg to not kill my back with 2 heavy laptops, I don’t mind 12”, I’d like to also draw in it with a stylus, and I can’t use an ipad for offline programming... so the convergence of laptops to tablets is something I like.

baybal2 7y ago
O don't think them being "killed off." They are just no longer the top of the line. The 17-15inch sized laptops are transitioning into the computer appliance category
- Tharkun 7y ago
  14" is the sweet spot for me. That's roughly the size of a full sized laptop keyboard (tenkeyless). They keyboard and the screen align nicely without too much wasted space. It's small enough to fit in just about any bag, and big enough to have a useful screen with a boatload of pixels.
ghaff 7y ago
Yes. I definitely prefer to travel with a ~2# and <13" laptop. Often use a small Asus Flip Chromebook but it doesn't really have enough memory and Asus doesn't seem much interested in that part of their line. Was seriously thinking of getting a new Apple MacBook if they refreshed it but that's no longer an option. I'm still waiting for the convergence to properly happen. One of my biggest issues is that none of the tablet/keyboard combos work nearly as well as a laptop for grabbing and banging away on my lap as is common at conferences.
- harperlee 7y ago
  I have the first generation (2015) of macbook 12 and while is not very powerful it is enough for programming (jvm, idea, vagrant) and standard browser/office usage. Seeing that I will need to replace it soon and that a macbook is no longer an option, I think a surface pro 7 will be the replacement. The point you mention re. lap usage, though, is my main concern.
znpy 7y ago
I understand that if you move around a lot you prefer traveling lighter. But this doesn't mean that a whole industry must drop all of the features (ports, in this case)

baybal2 7y ago

O don't think them being "killed off." They are just no longer the top of the line. The 17-15inch sized laptops are transitioning into the computer appliance category

Tharkun 7y ago
14" is the sweet spot for me. That's roughly the size of a full sized laptop keyboard (tenkeyless). They keyboard and the screen align nicely without too much wasted space. It's small enough to fit in just about any bag, and big enough to have a useful screen with a boatload of pixels.

ghaff 7y ago

Yes. I definitely prefer to travel with a ~2# and <13" laptop. Often use a small Asus Flip Chromebook but it doesn't really have enough memory and Asus doesn't seem much interested in that part of their line. Was seriously thinking of getting a new Apple MacBook if they refreshed it but that's no longer an option. I'm still waiting for the convergence to properly happen. One of my biggest issues is that none of the tablet/keyboard combos work nearly as well as a laptop for grabbing and banging away on my lap as is common at conferences.

harperlee 7y ago
I have the first generation (2015) of macbook 12 and while is not very powerful it is enough for programming (jvm, idea, vagrant) and standard browser/office usage. Seeing that I will need to replace it soon and that a macbook is no longer an option, I think a surface pro 7 will be the replacement. The point you mention re. lap usage, though, is my main concern.

znpy 7y ago

I understand that if you move around a lot you prefer traveling lighter. But this doesn't mean that a whole industry must drop all of the features (ports, in this case)