If its under like 25lbs, its probably still lighter than my backpack in high school was some days without any laptops and that was still very portable.
Also, desktop typically don’t last long unplugged.
Desktop computers aren’t portable. They aren’t meant to be. Whatever this person is designing isn’t very portable, either. If it isn’t convenient to use on an airplane tray table, I’m not interested.
Does thickness/weight matter a lot for that or just the footprint?
For me, if I can bring it with me when visiting family, it’s portable. If all of these were part of the laptop, then I could skip bringing the second monitor and the charger sometimes. So it would be more portable imo.
Thickness matters because the tray table and seat back of the seat in front of you are usually at an acute angle. To get a good viewing angle the screen needs to be open to an obtuse angle. So the top edge of the laptop lid and the seat back will often be in contact to make a comfortable viewing angle, especially if the person in front of you reclines their seat. The thicker the laptop is, the higher the hinge sits. The higher the hinge, the higher the top edge of the lid. The higher that is, the more of an issue this becomes.
Imagine that purple is the tray and seat back, and green is the laptop.
You have options - if the screen is smaller, it’ll be less likely to hit. If you slide the laptop out, it gives you more space. That cramps the wrists if you’re typing, though, and eventually it’ll hit you. Making the laptop thinner gives you more options.
I recently upgraded my t440p’s display from the stock TN display to an ips display (N140HCG-GQ2, should also work on your laptop but finding a genuine is a bit dificult) and it made a massive difference, so that’s always an option if you feel like it.
I’ve not noticed a difference to the battery life in reality but in theory the panel should use a watt less at max brightness (4.1W with the stock N140FGE-EA2 vs 3.1W max on the new one), but also has almost double the brightness so does not need to be ran as high.
The main difference is with the colours, the new panel covers 71% of the NTSC colourspace where the other only covers 47%. Plus IPS displays just have much better viewing angles so doesn’t need to be viewed straight on.
It’s not for everyone and certainly some applications aren’t available, but I’ve been surprised how well a tablet can substitute for a laptop. Plus I use GrapheneOS on a pixel tablet so it’s arguably more secure than your average linux laptop.
All I want is a laptop is 6-8 hours battery life that’s tiny so it’s very portable.
If I want what’s described here I’ll just use a desktop.
If its under like 25lbs, its probably still lighter than my backpack in high school was some days without any laptops and that was still very portable.
Also, desktop typically don’t last long unplugged.
If I have a 25 pound laptop with 2-3 bad dragons all the sudden I’m carrying about 50 lbs.
Maybe build the laptop split across the bad dragons and then it’ll be plug and play.
I’m afraid to ask… but is the “bad dragon” you’re referring to the website that sells gigantic alien dildos?
No they are the gigantic alien and monster and fantasy creature dildos.
Thank you for your response, SatansMaggotyCumFart
Idk, pretty standard for the trades no? I’ve seen gigantic dildos everywhere from tech backpacks to snap-on roll cabs.
Don’t be afraid of a good time!
Desktop computers aren’t portable. They aren’t meant to be. Whatever this person is designing isn’t very portable, either. If it isn’t convenient to use on an airplane tray table, I’m not interested.
Does thickness/weight matter a lot for that or just the footprint?
For me, if I can bring it with me when visiting family, it’s portable. If all of these were part of the laptop, then I could skip bringing the second monitor and the charger sometimes. So it would be more portable imo.
Thickness matters because the tray table and seat back of the seat in front of you are usually at an acute angle. To get a good viewing angle the screen needs to be open to an obtuse angle. So the top edge of the laptop lid and the seat back will often be in contact to make a comfortable viewing angle, especially if the person in front of you reclines their seat. The thicker the laptop is, the higher the hinge sits. The higher the hinge, the higher the top edge of the lid. The higher that is, the more of an issue this becomes.
Imagine that purple is the tray and seat back, and green is the laptop.
You have options - if the screen is smaller, it’ll be less likely to hit. If you slide the laptop out, it gives you more space. That cramps the wrists if you’re typing, though, and eventually it’ll hit you. Making the laptop thinner gives you more options.
Get one that folds backwards!
My thinkpad (480, 490?) is super thin and keeps the lights on for like 8-10 hours.
Screen could be better ofc, can’t have everything I guess.
I recently upgraded my t440p’s display from the stock TN display to an ips display (N140HCG-GQ2, should also work on your laptop but finding a genuine is a bit dificult) and it made a massive difference, so that’s always an option if you feel like it.
Wow, thanks for the tip!
How’s the power consumption?
I’ve not noticed a difference to the battery life in reality but in theory the panel should use a watt less at max brightness (4.1W with the stock N140FGE-EA2 vs 3.1W max on the new one), but also has almost double the brightness so does not need to be ran as high. The main difference is with the colours, the new panel covers 71% of the NTSC colourspace where the other only covers 47%. Plus IPS displays just have much better viewing angles so doesn’t need to be viewed straight on.
Excellent!
It’s not for everyone and certainly some applications aren’t available, but I’ve been surprised how well a tablet can substitute for a laptop. Plus I use GrapheneOS on a pixel tablet so it’s arguably more secure than your average linux laptop.