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> Netbooks were low-powered mobile devices (basically mini laptops) that launched in 2007 and basically disappeared (as a viable market category) after the iPad and its kind were launched in 2010. Chromebooks are very much alive and well.
Chromebooks are an US specific phenomenon, hardly seen anywhere else in the world.
I like how on the Duo and larger Neo Microsoft just embraced the fact that foldable OLED isn't ready for prime time yet and instead tried to engineer the seam with as much aesthetic and engineering quality possible.
It is definitely the right approach to the question "how do you engineer a folding display?". The bigger question is "what do you need a folding display for?"...
What people need are actually two contradictory (until now) goals: compactness and large screen size. Folding is one solution to solve this contradiction.
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It is definitely the right approach to the question "how do you engineer a folding display?". The bigger question is "what do you need a folding display for?"...
I think this is the wrong approach to think about. Nobody needs a folding display. What people need are actually two contradictory (until now) goals: compactness and large screen size. Folding is one solution to solve this contradiction.