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The dual screens look like a marketing gimmick in search of an actual use...
by chasing 7y ago
The dual screens look like a marketing gimmick in search of an actual use...
- rstupek 7y agoOne persons marketing gimmick is another persons innovation
- joe5150 7y agoWhat about the ASUS ZenBook Pros that already have two screens?
- Iwan-Zotow 7y agoAre they popular? Just curious...
- joe5150 7y agoGood question. I don't know, but they are well-reviewed.
- holy_city 7y agoI disagree, screen real estate is precious.
- SomeOldThrow 7y agoPresumably you can still use a window manager to page through all that content.
- kube-system 7y agoWhich I agree with -- but the device they're showing it off on looks pretty cramped for screen real estate. It has two 9" screens. If we guess those are 16:9 displays, that's about 69 square inches of space... which is actually a few square inches smaller than a single 13" display of the same ratio. (72 square inches)
- wongarsu 7y agoJust wrap it in a nice leather cover and sell it as an ebook reader. Hold your entire library in the exact form factor of one hardcover book.
- johnchristopher 7y agoI'd buy it only if one of the panel is an e-ink device.
- JBiserkov 7y agoIntel had a prototype like that last year: https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/9/17444200/intel-tiger-rapids-dual-screen-pc-prototype-computex-2018 https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/9/17444200/intel-tiger-rapid...
- RandomBacon 7y agoLenovo Yoga Book is exactly this.
- johnchristopher 7y agoToo big to use for novel reading.
- mwsfc 7y agoMostly I agree with this sentiment. I'd argue it falls into the "we are doing this b/c we can" and "cheap easy marketing coverage" buckets.
- WillPostForFood 7y agoHow cheap and easy is it to come up to develop a new version (even if it is a reskin) of Windows 10 and dual screen hardware? Surely it cost more in engineering than the marketing coverage they are getting.
- Analemma_ 7y agoI know it's not for everyone, but man, the Surface Neo is exactly the product I've been wanting. A foldable digital notebook that I can read books on, jot notes in, or markup PDFs on? Yes please.
- GordonS 7y agoUgh, I hate reading on LED displays - e-ink displays like Kindles have are an absolute delight to read on.
- mrlala 7y agoYeah what developer needs more than 1 screen. . . . . .