Expanding display rolls out with the touch of a button
      • seven_phone@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        A lot of current laptop designs are leaving free space around the battery so more AI can be poured in at a later date, through a dedicated nipple presumably.

    • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t say no gain. I would love that real estate on my bedside stand I use with physical disability. I would not want the sub 17" form factor and keyboard though. I struggle to do anything super technical without a second screen which is a pain in the ass. I can’t sit at a desktop and the ergonomics of a laptop are unbeatable in my situation.

        • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          My three monitor set up is two landscape monitors on the sides of one glorious portrait monitor for my code.

      • kautau@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 year ago

        Just a huge portrait screen to to doom scroll through Facebook reels and instagram stories probably

      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Two or more windows on top of each other. Have you never even put a monitor on its side to get more vertical space?

        As a Dev that needs some communication with a team, documentation and potentially a video for entertainment whilst working. Monitors that are taller are great. The LG dual up is my holy grail right now.

    • Jolteon@lemmy.zipEnglish
      18·
      1 year ago

      To be fair, Lenovo also made the ThinkPad. You could throw those down a flight of stairs and they wouldn’t break

      Source: I once dropped a thinkpad down a flight of stairs.

      • Amon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        Meh I reckon 75% of that was IBM. I also had an ideapad that would survive literally nothing

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’ve had two Thinkpads ~15 years and neither had hinges break. The first died due to water damage (the water protection can only do so much), and the second has been with me for almost 7 years now. Both were carried around in backpacks, dropped a few times (current one has a chip from falling off the counter onto a hard floor too many times), and the current one has been abused by young children (slamming the lid, standing on it, etc).

      If you’re buying a Lenovo laptop that’s not a Thinkpad, I don’t know what to tell you, that’s on you.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          First was T-series, second is E-series because the T-series had eliminated expendability and moved to soldered RAM.

          I also got a Yoga, which was a pile of trash. The hinge broke after a couple years, and the CPU was bad when I bought it (only got it because I needed one when I was away from home). I don’t know how the other models are, but that experience gives me some sits in serious concerns, especially given how heavily advertised it was.

          I have no idea if the current E-series or T-series are worth getting, but the ones I got were pretty good (T440 and E495).

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
        4·
        1 year 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
          5·
          1 year 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.

          • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            The built-in cameras use cases are video conferences, so they use the “afterthought” cameras (cheapest they can). I understand your use case, and I agree that the camera quality is shite, never mind the MP count. My 2005 phone shouldn’t have had a camera better than my 2024 laptop. Period.

          • 0ops@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            1 year 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.

        • Petter1@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Because everyone has to throw up having to watch crap video stream of my face, well, I am sure it is the resolution’s fault. 🌚

      • tias@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Funny you should say that because Lenovo made a laptop with an e-ink screen (as graciously linked by someone else in this thread) about a year ago. But it never came to my market, and I suspect this rollable one won’t either. I don’t think they’re serious about selling any of these, it’s just marketing gimmicks.

    • john89@lemmy.caBannedEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I’d be happy with a gaming laptop that doesn’t have hinges that break.

    • dditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Lmao they really put a coffee cup alongside it, as if unrolling your laptop display like this at a Starbucks would be perfectly normal

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year 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
      3·
      1 year 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.

    • Bosht@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Foldable phone screens have been around for 5 years, flexible screens longer than that. The tech has been around and ready there’s just not heavy adoption yet.