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Aurora 7 Prototype – 7 Screen Laptop

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Re: Aurora 7 Prototype – 7 Screen Laptop

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Post by generalizations »

hn_expanscape wrote: post #93
generalizations wrote: post #17

They also have a 'teenyserv'. Handheld computer with 64GB RAM and an 8 core i7 processor. [1] It really seems like these are variations of The Homer. [2] I don't see a use case in mind for them, and the designers seem mostly really excited about the designs . So it looks like these are pet projects that got taken a little too seriously. [1] https://expanscape.com/teenyserv/the-teenyserv-prototypes/ [2] https://simpso…

Not quite. The designs are only part of the picture. We care mostly about utility. We're quite fedup with this trend of unsustainable, premature obsoletion [1] that is the current norm for hardware. Our design philosophy is very simple. [1] https://expanscape.com/about-us/the-3-us/

That's great to hear. Too often I get caught up in ideas for projects that fit my interests, but don't fit the rest of the world. This looked like that kind of project, but I'm glad it isn't.

Re: Aurora 7 Prototype – 7 Screen Laptop

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Post by porphyra »

MikeTheGreat wrote: post #36

Ok, this is clearly a joke / fun project that metastasized / etc, and it's also clearly awesome, but I gotta ask - why 7 screens? Why not 6? Or 8? They said that they wanted to design a mobile Security Operations Center - do people doing this work normally need exactly 7 screens worth of information? I've seen pictures of "Operation Centers" which have tons of screens so it's plausible that someone would need "a lot"…

And the lord spake, "Then shalt thou count to seven, no more–no less. Seven shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be seven. Eight shalt thou not count, neither count thou six, excepting that thou then proceed to seven. Nine is right out."

Re: Aurora 7 Prototype – 7 Screen Laptop

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Post by bena »

hn_expanscape wrote: post #91
bena wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes it does. That's why "zero compromise" is usually a losing proposition, because there are often requirements that conflict with each other. You can't have 7 screens, long battery life, and have it be light weight. That would be zero compromises. It's basically the old adage: Fast, cheap, good - pick two. They've sacrificed any kind of portability for more screens.

Believe it or not there are alternatives to our Aurora 7 prototype but those are too large to fit in standard backpack. They usually consist of monitors bolted on to a standard desktop chassis and don't feature integrated batteries. The Aurora 7 folds down then fits into a backpack.

Believe it or not, a 25 pound laptop you can't bring on an airplane isn't what anyone would call portable.

If that's portable, then so is any number of small PCs that could fit in a backpack.

Re: Aurora 7 Prototype – 7 Screen Laptop

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Post by walrus01 »

pmiller2 wrote: post #39
WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #30

The memo initially said to design a 7" screen laptop, but the " character got lost in communication. This is how this monstrosity was born.

I seem to remember about 10 years ago or so, when that kind of tiny 7-10" laptop was briefly popular. I don't know exactly how the marketing went, but I imagine it was positioned as "your on the go device for when your phone isn't enough." Or, maybe it was kind of like a "super PDA." Who knows? I hated them. Never bought one.

even before 'netbooks' existed there were much earlier attempts at very tiny laptops with 70-80% size keyboards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Libretto

Re: Aurora 7 Prototype – 7 Screen Laptop

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Post by ndarilek »

WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #30

The memo initially said to design a 7" screen laptop, but the " character got lost in communication. This is how this monstrosity was born.

Funny you should say that. I'm a blind screen reader user, and assumed this was some new 7-inch laptop. Since I don't need a huge screen, I'm always on the lookout for small, performant laptops. Seems this one is anything but. :) Glad I read the comments first.

Re: Aurora 7 Prototype – 7 Screen Laptop

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Post by othercharles »

I can appreciate some kind of dual screen laptop, for the right kind of person and application, maybe, but this monstrosity is.. very strange. It seems to cater only to folk who have doubled down so many times on never learning ALT+TAB that they've committed to probably never getting laid for 7 lifetimes.. one for each of those insane matroska doll screens, which I can only assume are about 100dpi each.

Also, one bump and it would obviously explode. Zero need for it in any application, and I don't want to meet anyone it remotely appeals to. Sorry.

As for the dual screen case, there are much cheaper and far more practical options available that plug in via USB, if it really were the case you need those extra displays on the move. The primary need for this I imagine would be demo units. Certainly not trading from your local Starbucks, where you would rightly deserve every glare and smirk received for presenting this horror.

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