I want to see high-res pictures of that device after 2, 5 and 10 simulated years of use.
I expect days/weeks is probably enough to see the wear you’re looking for.
Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
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Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#22I’m unlikely to buy a foldable laptop, but a foldable monitor while traveling sounds kinda nice. I’m working from a hotel right now, so I can easily imagine it. Folding flat would offer protection from scratches in a bag/backpack and take less space. Would be hard pressed to fit a 17” portable monitor in my bag, but if it folds in half that’s more tenable!
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#23Expensive luxury land fill like all foldable displays currently are. This takes it to the extreme. I am not impressed. We should be building for sustainability at this stage of our existence and this is exactly the opposite of it. Plus it runs the worst touch based operating system on the market.
I suspect that if Apple released this, this site would be cheering for it.
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#24I can't help but see folding screens as a limited-life product. Sure, laptops only last, usefully, about 6 years anyway, but it's such an obvious wear spot which would cripple the entire device. Thanks, but no thanks.
Isn’t the fold on current laptops a weak spot now? I’ve had laptops die to that. I get it’s tempting to say this will be worse but, will it? I don’t think it’s fair to say this immediately…
Only if you buy bottom end crap and beat it around. Lenovo / Apple hinges are pretty good.
Foldable displays have several million times more parts being folded...
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#25I can't help but see folding screens as a limited-life product. Sure, laptops only last, usefully, about 6 years anyway, but it's such an obvious wear spot which would cripple the entire device. Thanks, but no thanks.
It's advertised as being stress tested with 30,000 folds.
That should last quite a bit longer than 6 years for most people.
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#26How many folds before it's e-waste? I'm guessing that even the battery will outlive early-generation folding screens.
>30,000 alledgedly
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#27Expensive luxury land fill like all foldable displays currently are. This takes it to the extreme. I am not impressed. We should be building for sustainability at this stage of our existence and this is exactly the opposite of it. Plus it runs the worst touch based operating system on the market.
I suspect that if Apple released this, this site would be cheering for it.
That's a terrible straw man. There is universal dislike for bad engineering. Butterfly keyboards and touch bar for example...
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#28Expensive luxury land fill like all foldable displays currently are. This takes it to the extreme. I am not impressed. We should be building for sustainability at this stage of our existence and this is exactly the opposite of it. Plus it runs the worst touch based operating system on the market.
I suspect that if Apple released this, this site would be cheering for it.
I suspect that says more about your own innate biases than it says about the users of this site.
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#29Looks fancy. Is this what the market wants? I don't particularly like Apple, but I use a Macbook Pro. I've been keeping an eye out for a non-Apple alternative to a Macbook, but nothing seems to come close in terms of hardware. I don't mean technical specs. I mean a beautiful screen, reasonable dimensions & weight, a really good touchpad, great battery life, etc. A big foldable screen looks cool, but doesn't feel at a…
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Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
it comes with a keyboard.
I bought a keyboard for my iPad too. I'm not sure what your point is?
The point is that the iPadOS is not designed to be used with a keyboard but windows is. Having a touchscreen on this laptop is a useful/useless add on and not the primary feature.