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I dont understand the appeal of 13 inch laptops. More portable? Are we so weak now? Maybe because I remember old laptops which were always much larger and heavi

• dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Maybe because I remember old laptops which were always much larger and heavier. Depends on the old laptop—during the netbook craze, 7-11 inches wasn't uncommon.
  • cesarb 4y ago
    > Depends on the old laptop—during the netbook craze, 7-11 inches wasn't uncommon. Playing devil's advocate: I have one of these in my hand right now (an EeePC netbook). It's around 22cm x 16cm, around 27cm diagonal, which Google tells me corresponds to around 11 inches. But it's thick, around 3cm at its thickest point, and also somewhat heavy. (I'd really love to have a more modern device in that form factor; it's a missing step between large phones and small notebooks. This niche seems to have been filled by tablets, but unfortunately they don't have quality keyboards, and most importantly, they don't run the same general-purpose operating system I use on normal notebooks.)
    • rr808 4y ago
      Maybe tablet with bluetooth keyboard?
• rjh29 4y ago
  For me the Thinkpad T series is the sweet spot and I don't personally see any utility from being even thinner and lighter, especially if the connectivity suffers. Seems mostly a case of thin/light laptops looking nicer and therefore selling more, rather than being genuinely good for the consumer.
• tomjen3 4y ago
  And I don't understand why people want bigger ones. Maybe that is because we are different and have different needs?