The way Apple has been going with its keyboards on the Macbooks, it's an almost certainty they're going for completely flat keyboards in the future. This is one way of doing it.
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That's actually the classical method taught for typing. You hover or barely touch the keys.
I actually type that way now. If I'm not using my MBP Butterfly keyboard, I use a 35g switch weight mechanical. You can't rest your fingers on those at all. The switches are super light. It takes a little getting used to, but skilled typists should be able to adapt.
i've been typing on iPad screens since 2010 and have never gotten used to it. no thank you.
There’s no way this thing is going to hold up to the six to ten years of service its pricetag requires.
Don't blame you. I managed to get up to 50 wpm touch typing on an iPad a few years ago. That's about half of my normal speed. I was getting used to it, but I didn't like it so I gave up. I was experimenting with all different styles of keyboards (including a virtual one) in an attempt to soothe hand pain from repetitive strain injuries.
A good typist could type pretty decently on a virtual keyboard if needed. I wouldn't find it pleasant, but good enough in a pinch.
Why do you type so much on an iPad screen? Is it a work requirement?
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Keep an open mind. It's probably just the first step in a series of steps toward the next form factor of PCs. We don't usually get from here to the future in a single step.
Hovering fingers over any keyboard for 10 Hours brings in mind a lot of things but fun is not on that list
Maybe a failure today, but certainly it won't be tomorrow.
eg A 17in 4:3 screen that is foldable can be used as a foldable laptop, and also be used a 17in 4:3 monitor/all-in-one if you have a separate keyboard.
eg A 17in 4:3 screen that is foldable can be used as a foldable laptop, and also be used a 17in 4:3 monitor/all-in-one if you have a separate keyboard.
LOL. Probably? Summon up some confidence! It better be better than this in 10 years or we'll have basically spent the next 10 years inventing a foldable electronic flyswatter.
I love the idea of bendable displays on laptops, but this is not what I have in mind.
I'd rather have a traditional laptop, with a real keyboard, and a display able to be expanded so I can use it as a laptop on the go with say a 15'' display, and when I'm at my desk I can unfold it and have it doubled, like on the top or on the side, so I can work with "2" displays side by side.
I'd rather have a traditional laptop, with a real keyboard, and a display able to be expanded so I can use it as a laptop on the go with say a 15'' display, and when I'm at my desk I can unfold it and have it doubled, like on the top or on the side, so I can work with "2" displays side by side.
I suppose foldable laptops will only be a thing for macrumors when Apple starts doing it. With other attempts being deemed as failed tech for reason X, Y, Z.
It's a laptop without a butterfly keyboard. Sounds promising so far.
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To paraphrase Tim: you need to look at the parts we have in stock and work backwards, rather than seeing what new design you have and try to innovate it into a product.
lol, a 3 kilogram tablet you can use with a huge keyboard stand, there is absolutely no use for this. It will need to be much thinner, lighter, cheaper and durable to get any traction in the market. Years off this tablet is.
I would think that for a laptop it's even harder. Bigger folding area, more weight, more force.
Like Apple does now that he's dead. (See butterfly keyboards and touch bars)
Right when the Engadget reviewer in the video (01:40) talks about how impressive she found the "imperfection-free display" when it's fold out flat, the video actually shows huge imperfections right there. Nice, those contradicting, clearly paid-by-manufacturer "reviews".
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who works 10h on a laptop without docking station???
Ugh. No thanks. ThinkPads = what global corporates enforce upon their minions, namely clunky heavy plasticky cheap-feeling painfully-slow constantly failing POS laptops.
Deja Vu? Samsung like emergency coming soon?
I'm sure people will love these, but I don't get it.
I'm sure people will love these, but I don't get it.