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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 thei
by 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 agoThe 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 agoThis is entirely correct. Even phones are these days too thin to fit good cameras, thus the bump.
- nickelcitymario 6y agoI'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 agoOr 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 agoThe 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?