• ShakeThatYam@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m having trouble conceptualizing what this would look like. Is it a giant monitor that can also be a laptop? Aren’t all laptops/notebooks by definition foldable anyway?

    • HousePanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com
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      1 year ago

      I’m having the same trouble. Also, I really don’t get the whole craze with folding devices. To me, it just seems like one more (expensive) point of failure on an already fragile device. Or maybe I am just old - So get off my lawn! 😆

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          1 year ago

          Linux on the WAM show recently talked about how much he loved his foldable phone. I’d love to try one out myself but I’m with you on price. $1800 for a phone is way too much. That’s a months rent for something I’d be terrified to drop or get stolen

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          1 year ago

          Except Apple will just make it even more expensive than now, starting it all over again.

          And I say that as an Apple user.

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      1 year ago

      i think the keyboard/touchpad/armrest side would be all screen. if they include lidar then it could do goggle-less 3D spatial computing. harsher to type on though.

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        1 year ago

        Sounds like an awesome portable big ass screen/computer, with a shitty laptop mode built-in

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          1 year ago

          maybe they have some new tech to make a screen feel like a keyboard… and maybe some killer apps would justify it. Media creation/editing software might be better without a keyboard and double workspace.

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    1 year ago

    I have an old 2011 17” MBP (that still works great) and a new 15” MacBook Air. The 15” is a lot smaller than the 17”. A 20” with todays thin bezels would probably be close in size to that old 17”.

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    1 year ago

    but why? 20 inch is no longer a mobile device imo, what laptop should be. am I wrong?