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Re: Ask HN: Likely demand for a big monitor extension for a small laptop?

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Post by skowmunk » Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 3:59 PM UTC

limmeau wrote: post #10

skowmunk wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That did be a great idea by itself. Still, when wanting to carry a really small laptop, an ipad is quit an additional weight.

Are you sure a portable 15" screen with today's technology would be lighter than the iPad?

if the same miniaturization technologies as Ipad were used, wouldn't the 15" have a lesser weight/unit screen area, when the computing electronics/battery components are removed?

Or for that matter another pure screen gadget the same size as Ipad, it would be lot lighter than the ipad itself. wouldn't it be?

Re: Ask HN: Likely demand for a big monitor extension for a small laptop?

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Post by limmeau » Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 5:35 PM UTC

skowmunk wrote: post #11

limmeau wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you sure a portable 15" screen with today's technology would be lighter than the iPad?

if the same miniaturization technologies as Ipad were used, wouldn't the 15" have a lesser weight/unit screen area, when the computing electronics/battery components are removed? Or for that matter another pure screen gadget the same size as Ipad, it would be lot lighter than the ipad itself. wouldn't it be?

Judging by the pictures on iFixit[1], the PCB and the battery don't look very heavy.

1. http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPad-Wi-Fi-Teardown/2183/2

Re: Ask HN: Likely demand for a big monitor extension for a small laptop?

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Post by skowmunk » Sat, Oct 23, 2010, 3:03 PM UTC

mooism2 wrote: post #6

I don't see the point. What is the advantage of a small laptop + portable monitor -v- a larger laptop? How can it outweigh the inconvenience of carrying two gadgets instead of one, and having to dis/connect them all the time?

good question.

a compact answer to that question could be either

"yeah, the market is limited to those who have already discovered the gains in productivity by using multiple screens and are addicted to screen space"

or

"Well there is research that supports that increased screen space increases productivity and reduces fatigue, now its a matter of people discovering it because of an affordable and light enough as a magazine solution"