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I think there's an argument to be made for bulkier laptops now. The trend of the last two decades has been smaller form factors, which puts a hard limit on the
by thomascgalvin 6y ago
I think there's an argument to be made for bulkier laptops now.
The trend of the last two decades has been smaller form factors, which puts a hard limit on the battery, the hard drive, the number of ports you can support, and even how much thermal energy you can radiate.
That was important largely because you were going to be lugging the thing around everywhere, and a pound or two could make a real difference.
Now that I travel with my laptop once a month, not once a day, I think that equation changes. I still want portability - I still need portability - but using the machine on my desk is the more common, more important scenario.
- sidpatil 6y agoThese are known as mobile workstations. They can get quite bulky, quite heavy, and quite powerful.
- dhosek 6y agoI worked for a while at ISI. They let people choose their hardware for a desktop and laptop with a generous budget. One of the guys on the team had some monster gaming laptop as his laptop—I think it was a 20" screen or something on that beast.
- asdff 6y agoIt's going to be tough to claw back to a decent thickness. Imagine the cooling you could run and the performance you could have today if laptops were still an inch thick in the market.