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I think it is too small for productivity. Yes, it is possible to work with small screen. I have experience working with 11, 13, 15 and bigger screens (each at l
by daliusd 14y ago
I think it is too small for productivity. Yes, it is possible to work with small screen. I have experience working with 11, 13, 15 and bigger screens (each at least a year) and have achieved quite good results with each but 11-inch and less is not big enough for productivity. I encountered two problems:
1) some programs wants to use more screen. That's especially relevant for various IDEs and image manipulation programs. If you can work with simple text editor and command line, you are happy then.
2) too small keyboard. The smaller screen the smaller keyboard. Difference is 5-10% in typing speed but it is difference. Maybe for small person it is perfect size.
Meanwhile I'm very happy with 13 inch ultrabook.
Overall it is geek's wet dream to have device that is perfect size and perfect configuration at any moment. "Ubuntu for Android" (http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android) is the same dream in different form. Currently I am as far from this dream as possible: 3 computers, several tables and several smartphones.
- Shorel 14y agoMy own dream is something like Google glasses combined with some gloves that let me type like I was using a keyboard, while walking in the street with my hands naturally on my sides.
- purplelobster 14y agoAgreed, but 95% of the time I'm hooked into an external monitor/keyboard etc. When I unplug, I prefer mobility over productivity but it's obviously a very fine line. For example, I must be able to type at 80% of top speed, and I need to be able to use a text editor like Sublime Text 2. I wouldn't expect to use Visual Studio necessarily.