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In cramped quarters, a regular 12"ish laptop. When you have extra desk space, it's a desktop with a 17" display.
by lallysingh 7y ago
In cramped quarters, a regular 12"ish laptop. When you have extra desk space, it's a desktop with a 17" display.
- me_me_me 7y ago> it's a desktop with a 17" display. With a crease in the middle.
- lallysingh 7y agoWhat crease?
- me_me_me 7y agoall fordable screens so far have visible fold crease at the fold point
- tasogare 7y agoIt’s a bad laptop because you need a separate keyboard to use it (typing on screen is hard). So it fails at the both usage you listed.
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- lm28469 7y agoNow you have to ask yourself how many times in your life you had this exact problem. And if you did have this problem how big of a deal is it for your quality of life. It's a solution looking for a problem, at least in that form / the consumer market.
- pcdoodle 7y agoI'll stick with "docking" my 2014 MacBook air to my 30" 2004 cinema display. I agree with you 100%. This is not the next thing. I don't know what they are thinking.
- lallysingh 7y agoCommute on a train. Then get to a desk.
- michaelt 7y agoTheoretically? Every time you hear someone talking about how they dock their laptop, you're hearing someone say they want a bigger screen than they're willing to carry. Of course, a fold-out screen isn't a panacea: A 17" laptop isn't just heavy because of the big screen, but also because of the big battery to light up that screen. And of course there's the issue of reliability.
- Goronmon 7y agoI dock my laptop because I want a large screen (17" is tiny from a desktop perspective), a secondary screen, and a decent keyboard to type on. These foldable devices don't solve any of these problems.
- davidivadavid 7y agoAnd there's the issue that a 17" screen is actually small compared to today's standards for desktops?