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Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Smartphone manufacturers still want to make foldables a thing::Foldables are barely 1% of the market, but that's not stopping anyone but Apple.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yea, the ability to replace a laptop for work is wildly dependent on the work you do. I need Windows or Linux and a keyboard and trackpad or mouse to even attempt to do my job. And it's much easier with a desktop with lots of RAM and a 24" or larger monitor. Someone else I know rocks a laptop as a daily driver, but it needs to be docked, with 3 monitors to be fully useful.

If you don't need programs that need a desktop OS (well written web apps only) and only need apps or say Zoom (and no real use of zoom chat or virtual backgrounds etc) then I can see a tablet working.

It’s a laptop, tablet, phone, and notepad The fact you can get all four of those for about the cost of one folding phone if you're ok with off brands or slightly used really hurts the thing too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I'm a programmer and I need three screens to work effectively (otherwise I get into 8+ virtual desktops). However, I'm using a Minisforum UM790 Pro and not a laptop, because what’s the point in having another screen I don’t use and a keyboard that’s awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Someone else I know rocks a laptop as a daily driver, but it needs to be docked, with 3 monitors to be fully useful.

That's how I do it. Only it's a single 32:9 monitor. Gaming PC has been relegated to the living room. Single cable to dock the laptop. Gets unplugged when I leave the house. Anything that needs power gets remoted into the gaming PC.