Can you make it more ugly and prone to mechanical failure for no gain.
this post was submitted on 11 Jan 2025
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slaps screen
you can fit so much “AI” in this bad boy
More like:
Slaps Screen:
Screen flashes in colors only a Mantis Shrimp can see before folding in half and going black...
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And more expensive while you're at it, thanks.
Best we can do is never actually release it.
Put your pre-order in now!
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.
It looks like when it's extended it adds a second screen. But it's vertical, one on top of the other. I feel like doing it horizontally would be more natural to use. Baby steps, I guess.
I have a monitor on a custom made arm that sits above my laptop when I need a second screen.
It works well in a tight space like in a board meeting at a conference table or plane seat. Vertical doesn't make a real difference in my experience. You just need two spaces that do not move so that you can quickly reference multiple documents and keep your place between them.
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Bring back the trackpoint you bastards !
They didn't take the TrackPoint away, did they?!
Edit: They really did... Way to kill a brand guys. I blame every goddamn tech journalist who wanted it gone, fuck you so much.
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I have a better idea: a laptop screen that is legible on a sunny day
I have an even better idea: A built in webcam that has more an 2 damn pixels
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 🌚
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Can they make laptops with hinges that don't break?
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.
Meh I reckon 75% of that was IBM. I also had an ideapad that would survive literally nothing
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They’re completely out of ideas.
I'd be happy with a gaming laptop that doesn't have hinges that break.
Lenovo might turn your hinge into a screen but giving you a hinge that works is to complicated.
I want a laptop with a trackpoint, keyboard with good (like Model M) key travel and resistance (and water resilience too), color e-ink display (preferably 5:4 or 4:3 screen ratio) with good refresh rate, everything removable, 5G modem, GPIO, additional SSD slot, good set and amount of interfaces (not an Apple fan), and - important - chassis and hinges not made of shit.
Just in case somebody from Lenovo is lurking here.
like Model M
Imagine a laptop with a low-profile buckling spring keyboard... just click-clacking away in Starbucks, annoying everyone around you but you don't care because you have the greatest keyboard ever
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Short rolling demo from the article https://youtube.com/watch?v=ibpaLkvBXQY
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Lenovo is really good at turning the coolest technology into absolutely useless laptops.
Bring back the unfolding keyboard (and the gummy trackpoint). 😂
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!
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