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Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
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Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#332Why isn't resolution front and center? Oh it's because it's "Up to 2.5K (2560 by 1920)", so still stuck in 2007.
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#333Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is there a similar device on the market right now? A 'bigger version' by two orders of magnitude surface wise certainly seems innovative to me, I'm not aware of another company risking their reputation on something like this at present but I'll be happy to be corrected. There was an intel proof-of-concept but I'm not aware of anything that was actually available to the public. Keep in mind that what looks trivial to…
> 'bigger version' by two orders of magnitude surface wise certainly seems innovative to me Is it even one order of magnitude?
It's actually 16 orders of magnitude bigger than a 5" smart phone... if you use a base of 1.08
There's no defined base for order of magnitude so technically you can use anything!
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#334Review from Dave2D 4 months ago, addresses the crease & hinge on a pre-production unit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFGhvYLbBRE I think it seems like a cool idea, 17" at 4:3 ratio is alot of screen real estate, at a 12.5" 16:9 footprint. Lot of negativity in this comment section, personally not something I'm that interested in, but I am interested in people experimenting with the form factor.
It’s only 2560 by 1920.
is that not enough for a 17"?
I don't have that many on my 27" desktop monitors and it's totally fine.
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#335Ah, I got one of their Flips around the beginning of the year, wish I'd waited as this looks really cool.
Wonder how the Linux support will be. The Flip has decent Linux hardware, as far as I can think of, every feature is working other than their useless numpad-on-trackpad thing (which I didn't even bother looking into).
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#336Pretty cool tech, but from the Dave2D video, the crease + bulkiness is still bad enough to be a dealbreaker for me (and I imagine many others as well).
I find it interesting that companies like Asus, Samsung, etc. frequently put out these devices that feature emerging tech, but clearly aren't ready for primetime. You would never catch Apple releasing something like this since they have brand value to protect, but Asus seems to be fine risking that in order to claim the title of "first to market".
One day this tech will be ready for the masses, and I imagine that's when Apple will release something. Why are companies like Asus spending money on marketing that "warms up" the general audience to this tech, only to have Apple come eat their lunch a few years later?
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#337Earlier quoted context omitted.
The reason that there is no non-Apple alternatives to the MacBook Pro is because everyone is too focused on blue sky innovation rather than actually doing the best job of stuff that already exists. Quality is the feature that apple sell. I don't think anyone else gets near them.
> because everyone is too focused on blue sky innovation rather than actually doing the best job of stuff that already exists. Including, for a while, Apple. How quickly people have forgotten the touchbar!
We haven’t forgotten or forgiven. We will eternally sleep with one eye open.
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#338Earlier quoted context omitted.
I personally don't care for their devices, or their locked-down software. But seeing how they treat my parents, they certainly have great customer satisfaction.
> or their locked-down software Not anymore, check out Asahi Linux.
Asahi isn't their software. Thankfully Macbooks can boot other OSs. I was mostly referring to their iDevices.
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#339Why isn't resolution front and center? Oh it's because it's "Up to 2.5K (2560 by 1920)", so still stuck in 2007.
2560x1920 for a 17" screen is perfectly fine. It's about on par with modern macbooks.
Re: Asus Zenbook 17 Fold OLED
#340Pretty cool tech, but from the Dave2D video, the crease + bulkiness is still bad enough to be a dealbreaker for me (and I imagine many others as well). I find it interesting that companies like Asus, Samsung, etc. frequently put out these devices that feature emerging tech, but clearly aren't ready for primetime. You would never catch Apple releasing something like this since they have brand value to protect, but Asu…
>"You would never catch Apple releasing something like this since they have brand value to protect"
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Do you recall the original iphone lacked a bunch of really "duh" features at first. The main one being no copy+paste?
Sure, Apple has made mistakes...
No way to iron out the wrinkles in your foldable OLED screens until you get enough people to try them on first.