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This is gonna be such a big deal when Apple invents it in 5 years. Can't wait for the MacBook Pro Duo.
The fact that when you see new tech you immediately think "Apple" — even mockingly — tells me that Apple's marketing works.
Can't wait for the MacBook Pro Duo.
You even got the product line and capitalization right.
A similar device is the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i. The next gen model was shown off at CES and is coming out in a few months. That one also has a 180 degree hinge unlike the Asus model which can't be fully flattened. I've seen good reviews about the first gen model and might get the new one if I get a laptop this year. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/laptops/yoga/yoga-2-in-1-seri...
This is gonna be such a big deal when Apple invents it in 5 years. Can't wait for the MacBook Pro Duo.
Right, I posted yesterday about using an iPad as a 2nd monitor for nomads [1]. I understand a cheaper alternative is using a USB-C external display. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38957035
There was an app for this back in 2010. I used it quite a bit when I was on the road with an original iPad.
Nearly 15 years later, Apple does it seamlessly and natively in iOS+macOS without any third-party apps is even better.
This is gonna be such a big deal when Apple invents it in 5 years. Can't wait for the MacBook Pro Duo.
Did you mean "This is gonna be such a big deal when Apple invests in it in 5 years."?
So e.g. MP3 players Vs iPod, smartphones Vs iPhone, tablets Vs iPad, ARM CPUs in computers Vs M-series, wireless charging, Bluetooth headphones etc. All around for years and years prior to apple's products, but most people think apple invented the concepts or was first to make etc
This Asus product will be forgotten about in a month or two and the world moves on. If apple released this exact same thing except with osx everyone including the mainstream media would be losing their shit and talking about ushering a new era of whatever, of breaking the mold, of innovation yada yada. We'd have endless tweets and breathless blog posts here on HN about their ultimate dev productivity set up, how they used it on a flight to create a 1M MRR start-up that just wouldn't have been possible without it, how it has changed their lives, how they'll never go back etc. It's called the reality distortion field for a reason.
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There have been various rumblings about a "foldable MacBook" in development, I really hope it works a lot like this and not like a foldable phone with a giant crease.
I don't understand why someone hasn't made a foldable phone without a crease yet. It would be the next phone I buy.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-duo-2/9408kgxp4xjl...
Does someone really find this practical?
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Right, I posted yesterday about using an iPad as a 2nd monitor for nomads [1]. I understand a cheaper alternative is using a USB-C external display. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38957035
Asus announced a 17” portable (foldable) OLED monitor: https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/9/24030378/asus-zenscreen-fo... Not cheap though.
I still carry a 14" external (USB3) monitor for when at a desk. The extra half-screen is still useful in those circumstances, though, just not as much so.
To make Windows11's taskbar less irritating (which it is even more so, if you can imagine that, with an extra screen under your primary) I recommend using something like ExporerPatcher or another shell improver/replacement.