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Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Post by limomium »

georgeecollins wrote: post #84
asenna wrote: post #72

For people saying dual screen is a gimmick, have you not wanted to replicate multi-screen setup on your laptop (while traveling or when not on your desktop)? Power users have always wanted more screen real estate! I've been eyeing the Asus Zenbook Pro Duo[1] ever since they've been announced (currently using a Macbook Pro 2015). I usually carry around an Asus portable second screen for my laptop in my backpack and th…

I don't understand how anyone could think dual screen is a gimmick that had a DS. There were a lot of games that put those two screens to good use. I am serious.

Consider this: To gain any information from a screen, you must actually look at it. You can only look at one screen at a time. The entire functionality of a second screen can be replaced with a single button: While that button is pressed, the screen shows whatever else it needs to show.

It is true that pressing a button is ever so slightly slower than moving your eyes. But considering all the benefits from saving a whole screen (double battery life! reduced manufacturing cost! smaller device size!), dual screenage is really just a gimmick.

All you need is a button dedicated to "screen" switching in software.

Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Post by mrlala »

Twirrim wrote: post #148
zokier wrote: post #31

Considering that Windows has been supporting multiple displays for what, 20 years now, it feels bit odd to make that the headline feature

Yet again Microsoft spins up another version of Windows with a narrow use case. They've done this so many times now it's getting almost laughable how little they seem to learn. Windows 10 has multi-monitor support, good touch and pen support, etc. It's already in the OS. It doesn't need a special version to add support for them at all. If it's about the way the interaction with the screens occur, just make that a mod…

I think though this is, specifically for their form factor of a dual screen laptop? Knowing exactly the orientations and how the screens lineup?

Like.. I have 3 monitors, but their auto configurations for the dual screen laptop would make no sense on my PC I assume.

Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Post by chacha2 »

limomium wrote: post #161
georgeecollins wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand how anyone could think dual screen is a gimmick that had a DS. There were a lot of games that put those two screens to good use. I am serious.

Consider this: To gain any information from a screen, you must actually look at it. You can only look at one screen at a time. The entire functionality of a second screen can be replaced with a single button: While that button is pressed, the screen shows whatever else it needs to show. It is true that pressing a button is ever so slightly slower than moving your eyes. But considering all the benefits from saving a w…

This is how a robot thinks. It's much more intuitive to have two screens where you can see everything in your peripheral vision and dart your attention without any extra thinking.

Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Post by dirtyid »

limomium wrote: post #161
georgeecollins wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand how anyone could think dual screen is a gimmick that had a DS. There were a lot of games that put those two screens to good use. I am serious.

Consider this: To gain any information from a screen, you must actually look at it. You can only look at one screen at a time. The entire functionality of a second screen can be replaced with a single button: While that button is pressed, the screen shows whatever else it needs to show. It is true that pressing a button is ever so slightly slower than moving your eyes. But considering all the benefits from saving a w…

People with multiscreen setups knows about alt-tab. It's about removing friction.

Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Post by qubex »

I can’t help but think how prescient Micheal Okuda was when he designed the flat, touchscreen-only LCARS (Library Computer Access and Retrieval System) interfaces for Star Trek: THe Next Generation that first aired way back in 1987, rationalising that he was looking to create a visual style which implied a simplified, abstract system of controlling vastly complex processes in a user-friendly, high-level manner. 32 years on flat GUIs and touchscreen-everywhere interfaces are closing in on his vision. Truly remarkable.

Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Post by Narishma »

georgeecollins wrote: post #84
asenna wrote: post #72

For people saying dual screen is a gimmick, have you not wanted to replicate multi-screen setup on your laptop (while traveling or when not on your desktop)? Power users have always wanted more screen real estate! I've been eyeing the Asus Zenbook Pro Duo[1] ever since they've been announced (currently using a Macbook Pro 2015). I usually carry around an Asus portable second screen for my laptop in my backpack and th…

I don't understand how anyone could think dual screen is a gimmick that had a DS. There were a lot of games that put those two screens to good use. I am serious.

I always thought it was a gimmick on the DS too. I don't remember any game that did anything interesting with it that couldn't also be done on a single larger screen.

Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Post by [deleted] »

kbumsik wrote: post #29

It reminds me how the first Surface Pro looked like. It was incomplete and useless device so it didn't go well. However, Microsoft didn't give up. After three iterations Microsoft finally made Surface Pro 3, which was the first useful Windows tablet with a cleverly designed keyboard and a great 3:2 ratio screen. The surface line finally took off and third-parties began to make "surface-like" products since then. Micr…

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Re: Microsoft introduces Windows 10 X for dual-screen devices

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Post by buboard »

asenna wrote: post #72

For people saying dual screen is a gimmick, have you not wanted to replicate multi-screen setup on your laptop (while traveling or when not on your desktop)? Power users have always wanted more screen real estate! I've been eyeing the Asus Zenbook Pro Duo[1] ever since they've been announced (currently using a Macbook Pro 2015). I usually carry around an Asus portable second screen for my laptop in my backpack and th…

I haven’t used multiple screens in years. They tire me and dizzy. Ultrawides ftw
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