Expanding display rolls out with the touch of a button
    • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      3 months ago

      The no gain part I’ll argue against. Having two browser windows open and getting to see both would be really nice a ton of times. Or one browser and a document/pdf whatever.

      Like having a Netflix show running up top while doing work on the bottom half. Or writing a paper while having reference material open and visible. Or simply just reading an article without having to scroll as often.

      Usage wise, a tall screen would have tons of usage. I just wouldn’t pay an extra $2,000+ for the privilage of it. I’d definitely pay like an extra 20% or so to have it, though.

        • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I’d never want to carry around a 2nd monitor or find a place to set it when using a "lap"top. A 2nd monitor is great for a desktop.

          • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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            3 months ago

            That’s fine, you do you and all that.

            The thing is, laptops haven’t been "lap"tops for many years. Many workplaces have infrastructure where you carry your laptop around and dock it into your desktop monitors & peripherals at your desk.

            I personally really like to work at our public library. In my backpack I have the laptop, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It’s a really great set up and I can be just as productive as I am in my home office.

            • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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              3 months ago

              No. Laptops are still laptops. You’re just choosing not to use them as such. In fact, they’re more lap friendly now than they originally were. With how you describe using yours, you should just have a mini pc instead of a laptop.

              • fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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                3 months ago

                Sure. How silly of pretty much every office in the world to issue employees with laptops instead of mini PC’s.

                Walk in to a library or Cafe anywhere in the world and you’ll see laptops, on desks and not on laps.

                • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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                  3 months ago

                  Yeah, and how many libraries you see with laptops on em and people with second monitors attached that people also carry? People put them on desks at libraries because libraries provide large desks. That doesn’t give you an extra amount of monitor.

      • ouRKaoS@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        3 months ago

        More like:

        Slaps Screen:

        Screen flashes in colors only a Mantis Shrimp can see before folding in half and going black…

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I blame every goddamn tech journalist who wanted it gone

        Weird if heir PMs and such really believed people who are clearly companies’ PR and not representation of anything real, instead of focus groups.

        • FireWire400@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          It really seems like every other review of a ThinkPad is written by someone who’s constantly whining about the dimensions of the device (too thick, to bulky) and/or the design, with most of them ending up begging Lenovo to remove the useless nub thing on the keyboard because no one uses it anyways and while they’re at it a larger touchpad and better speakers and bla bla…

          Basically, most reviewers expect everything to be a MacBook clone and can’t cope with the fact that business users don’t necessarily care about a fancy design.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    People hating on this but as someone who codes on the road I’d legit buy it if not the price tag. The vertical space is incredible!

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Same. A lot of people in here are definitely not the target market. Taller screens are always better for coding. I also think for just general multitasking too. You can have secondary windows up top or on the bottom but you can make the main thing your working on bigger than what it would be on a standard 16:9/10 monitor which is great.

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Honest question. Why do you need a selfie camera on a laptop that’s more than 2MP? I don’t even think Teams/Zoom/Jitsi/etc can stream that much anyway.

        • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          3 months ago

          I’ve had times where I need to take a photo of a piece of paper to turn in online for school. You can’t read the text if you hold it up to the camera, atleast on my modern laptop.
          Also just because it was literally like ~850 bucks (iirc), it should be able to take a decent photo for that insane of a price.

          • 0ops@lemm.eeEnglish
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            3 months ago

            You’d probably be better off using your phone for taking photos of papers. Better camera, better angle/lighting, generally better editing options (with default photo apps, imo Photoshop is overkill for taking a picture of a document, generally I only adjust brightness and contrast). The only downside is needing to get the photo to the laptop, but there’s about a million ways to do that depending on your setup.