"dual" laptop

May 24, 2012

Posted By:  mature

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I read that Dell is busy developing new generation of “touch screen” laptops for Windows 8. What about combining two touch screen laptops (actually two of their screens/"one piece" laptops) into a “dual” laptop. One could serve as a cover and/or keyboard for the other . They could be joined in whatever fashion is considered the best (hinges ?, slide-in joint ? ball joint, etc) and along shorter/longer/ whatever side but could also be separated into two independent one piece/screen laptops. And connected with a cable if required?The idea could also be applicable to pads like IPads. Not a new idea???

 

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  • May 26, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: IdeaStorm Moderator Cy_J

    Just to clarify.  This idea is not a part of the Project Sputnik Storm Session about the developer laptop.  IdeaStorm accepts ideas on Dell products services and operations.  When viewing the list of ideas the ones posted as a result of a Storm Session will be identified with either the title of the Storm Session or a link to join the session.  In order to see only ideas for a particular Storm Session you can follow the link at the top of the page to see all the sessions and then click on the one you are interested in.  Here is the direct link to the ideas from the Project Sputnik session.  
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  • May 26, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: thesheep

    I think it is a very bad idea for a developer laptop. It may seem very cool at first, but consider this:

    - developers spend most of their time typing
    - good typers don't look at the keyboard, they rely on muscle memory and touch
    - extra screen and touchpad means much worse battery life
    - extra screen means the thing becomes heavy
    - non-standard setup means there would be problems with different Linux distributions
    - non-standard setup means that the developers can't easily test their applications in environment similar to what their users use