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My Lenovo Carbon X1 has a touch screen option and is quite awesome. The Dell XPS serie also offers touchscreen options. Overall it feels like the author is not
by nolok 2y ago
My Lenovo Carbon X1 has a touch screen option and is quite awesome. The Dell XPS serie also offers touchscreen options.
Overall it feels like the author is not much aware of the higher range in the non Apple laptop class beside Surface.
Not a big problem per se, but article like that are always following a journey / story so it sort of should be mentioned.
- neon_44 2y agoNot the Author, but I am currently also looking at a new 2-in-1 for myself. And by far the biggest Factor pushing me to a minisforum v3 is the Price. I am currently looking at a old 3rd gen lenovo x13 yoga or the Minisforum While I personally would love the new Qualcomm Surface Pro, It's just not worth the price.
- transpute 2y agoLooking forward to Linux touch-enabled Dell XPS Arm 2-in-1 based on Qualcomm Oryon.
- AshamedCaptain 2y agoThe author is complaining about the 2K of the minisforum being on the lower end. Most lenovo tablets/convertibles still ship with 1080p or worse screen except for the >3k$ variants. Lenovo is, for some reason, a friggin joke when it comes to screen resolution and quality. Their consumer laptops tend to have better resolutions on-paper than their pro lines. Good luck finding anything better than 1080p on 12 inches... I am perfectly aware of the non-Apple tablet market and I also think Surface is literally the best there is, as crappy MS is. Because no one else is even trying. The screen, aspect ratio, writing feel, builtin kickstand, ...
- transpute 2y agoDoes Apple have exclusive deals, investments or IP licensing with tablet display vendors? Apple is also the only vendor with 4:3 aspect ratio tablet displays.
- chrisco23 2y agoThe 4:3 thing as you say. I've been wanting a tablet just for displaying sheet music. I asked some forum once but was told pretty much the same, only Apple. Why?
- wiseowise 2y agoAndroid manufacturers not understanding market.
- transpute 2y agoWhen your largest competitor for 10+ years has 4:3 screens, why not copy?
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 2y agoPeople got sued last time they copied apple's rectangle
- transpute 2y ago4:3 screens preceded Apple iPad by many years, e.g. IBM Thinkpads.
- numpad0 2y agoProbably all three + economies of scale. Display panels are something like $15/unit, and initial fees for a panel with non-standard resolution can be in low millions. I think you'll also be asked to purchase all productions of that panel unless there are other market demands for it. Most tablets don't even sell like Surfaces on rainy days, and it's hard to justify those fees and conditions.