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This article is hilarious because it shows how poorly the average tech consumer understands pricing and hardware. You want a better camera and a better mic? Bu

This article is hilarious because it shows how poorly the average tech consumer understands pricing and hardware. You want a better camera and a better mic? Buy them. They're not cheap. You can easily spend $3-400 on a teleconferencing setup (as I have for my desktop), and it pays off. But if you think my Blue Snowball mic and Logitech webcam will fit into your Macbook Air... On that note, all of these concerns could be solved by upgrading to a desktop. More and better screens? Let's ignore the fact that 4k laptop displays are fairly common these days, but please explain to me how you can fit 2+ displays on a laptop. Honestly, I'm not sure why this article is even on HN. It's complete drivel that adds nothing useful to any conversation at all. It's blogspam through and through. But who am I kidding really, HN is just Reddit with fancy words.

brmgb 6y ago
You are completely missing the point (it feels like I am now posting this everyday on HN). No one is asking for a Blue Snowball mic and Logitech webcam in their laptop. People are rightfully wondering why in world a ubiquous small competent cameras (see every iPhone from the past decades) and mic, the ones laptops are using are so poor. The answer is most likely because no one cared so I fully expect that to change but it makes sense to list as a complain with laptops. Talking about desktops is also entirely missing the point. People are issued work laptops. They don't choose their computers and most of them do want the portability anyway. It's extremely useful when you are doing a presentation of visiting customers.
- viklove 6y ago
  The answer is very simple: the display of your laptop is much thinner than your phone. So if you want something better, you will need to use an external camera.
  - sonofhans 6y ago
    This is entirely correct. Even phones are these days too thin to fit good cameras, thus the bump.
    - nickelcitymario 6y ago
      I'm willing to bet that adding a bump to a laptop would be viewed as acceptable by the market if it means we get good cameras. Heck, if Apple's the first to do it, it'll be seen as a feature.
  - ClumsyPilot 6y ago
    Or we need the thing designed by people who don't have their head up their rear. Have you seen the dell XPS with a nosecam? When I got my computer and realised what they've done, i thought the management must have been on crack!
- 6510 6y ago
  The article should have been "Let's teach employers ergonomics and stop the 8 hour laptop insanity", something like: It's 2021, the first question in an interview should be: Can I work form home? The second should be: You don't expect me to work 8+ hours per day on a laptop - or do you?

brmgb 6y ago

You are completely missing the point (it feels like I am now posting this everyday on HN). No one is asking for a Blue Snowball mic and Logitech webcam in their laptop. People are rightfully wondering why in world a ubiquous small competent cameras (see every iPhone from the past decades) and mic, the ones laptops are using are so poor. The answer is most likely because no one cared so I fully expect that to change but it makes sense to list as a complain with laptops. Talking about desktops is also entirely missing the point. People are issued work laptops. They don't choose their computers and most of them do want the portability anyway. It's extremely useful when you are doing a presentation of visiting customers.

viklove 6y ago
The answer is very simple: the display of your laptop is much thinner than your phone. So if you want something better, you will need to use an external camera.
- sonofhans 6y ago
  This is entirely correct. Even phones are these days too thin to fit good cameras, thus the bump.
  - nickelcitymario 6y ago
    I'm willing to bet that adding a bump to a laptop would be viewed as acceptable by the market if it means we get good cameras. Heck, if Apple's the first to do it, it'll be seen as a feature.
- ClumsyPilot 6y ago
  Or we need the thing designed by people who don't have their head up their rear. Have you seen the dell XPS with a nosecam? When I got my computer and realised what they've done, i thought the management must have been on crack!
6510 6y ago
The article should have been "Let's teach employers ergonomics and stop the 8 hour laptop insanity", something like: It's 2021, the first question in an interview should be: Can I work form home? The second should be: You don't expect me to work 8+ hours per day on a laptop - or do you?