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Perplx posted:Microsoft has an aversion to making a normal computer, it always has to have weird gimmicky form factor as far as i can tell, the surface laptop is a normal-rear end computer, but that's the exception
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Sagebrush posted:i'm ALL IN for the return of winphone though i would be too, but the surface duo is still android
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Sep 24, 2021 15:00
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It's probably a POS, but that is some good marketing, it makes me want to have it.
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$1500 anroid
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lol j allard's sex party garage produced a single concept video before he got pushed out of the company 10 years ago and they've probably spent 9 figures making a product that doesn't really do any of that stuff and is so expensive nobody buys it
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Sep 24, 2021 15:51
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in fairness, it was a loving great concept video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIgNfp-MdI
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Sep 24, 2021 15:53
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infernal machines posted:in fairness, it was a loving great concept video not really half the poo poo it showed was the same 3 gestures doing dozens of different actions with no apparent context switch and the writing was way too small for a digitizer
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Sep 24, 2021 15:58
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qirex posted:not really half the poo poo it showed was the same 3 gestures doing dozens of different actions with no apparent context switch i too haven't used an iphone since ios 7
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Sep 24, 2021 16:00
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say what you will about the realism/practicality of the demo workflow and interaction, apple has done worse wrt gestures and taps
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Sep 24, 2021 16:02
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apple has done worse because they are bound by what is actually possible and has to ship in something that people use and not a calvinball after effects video
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Sep 24, 2021 16:04
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well, yeah, but also it's a "concept" and not "a practical demonstration of the platform in action" getting mad about the video equivalent of a napkin sketch because it lacks verisimilitude is a bit odd
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Sep 24, 2021 16:09
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lol napkin sketch that video was the only meaningful output of tens of millions of dollars in investment including a brand new cool office in downtown seattle if the "concept" is something literally impossible then you're not presenting a design. if I make a cool electric car video that says it runs forever without ever needing to be recharged am I being "innovative?" I wouldn't even call that "aspirational" since it will never be possible
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Sep 24, 2021 16:13
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it was a very expensive napkin sketch, sure
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stebes withering contempt for "concept videos" was one of his best traits
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Sagebrush posted:i'm ALL IN for the return of winphone though i would buy a duo if it was winphone
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Shaggar posted:i would buy a duo if it was winphone i probably would too then i'd discover that they too somehow hosed up text input on the keyboard and i'd be mad
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The United States posted:https://twitter.com/MKBHD/status/1440699501547716627 bwahaha it has two of those stupid curved edge screens facing into each other. amazing.
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qirex posted:if I make a cool electric car video that says it runs forever without ever needing to be recharged am I being "innovative?" I wouldn't even call that "aspirational" since it will never be possible wow have you reached your first billion dollar valuation yet
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Archduke Frantz Fanon posted:wow have you reached your first billion dollar valuation yet nah just real mad about impossible ui concept renders ever since minority report came out
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minority report is directly responsible for every subsequent "futuristic" ui being on a translucent glass panel for no loving reason
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Sep 24, 2021 23:09
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where are my special 3-fingered gloves for operating my dumbass huge touchscreen
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Sep 24, 2021 23:12
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google spent 8 figures on trying to copy it before they "discovered" what has been common knowledge since like the industrial revolution: humans can't hold their arms straight out unsupported for more than a few minutes at a time
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Sep 24, 2021 23:16
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eh i still want one. i just really like the idea of big screen internet i can put in my pocket
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qirex posted:google spent 8 figures on trying to copy it before they "discovered" what has been common knowledge since like the industrial revolution: humans can't hold their arms straight out unsupported for more than a few minutes at a time wasn't it jobs who said exactly that about gorilla arms?
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Sep 24, 2021 23:20
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The best part of the new Duo is that they added these new cameras on the back but it’s impossible to use them unless the phone is fully unfolded so you’re always going to be the idiot taking photos with a tablet.
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Sep 24, 2021 23:41
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that's not fair, you'll also be the idiot who bought a surface duo
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infernal machines posted:that's not fair, you'll also be the idiot who bought a surface duo A fate already worse than death.
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infernal machines posted:minority report is directly responsible for every subsequent "futuristic" ui being on a translucent glass panel for no loving reason minority report in turn hired consultants from the media lab to come up with that ui and you know who funded the media lab 
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Sagebrush posted:minority report in turn hired consultants from the media lab to come up with that ui oh i see, the solution was always to hire young girls to run the UI for you
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Endless Mike posted:as far as i can tell, the surface laptop is a normal-rear end computer, but that's the exception Clark Nova posted:bwahaha it has two of those stupid curved edge screens facing into each other. amazing.
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acer made a design like that a year or two ago, but with the keyboard and touchpad swapped. many lols were had 
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more like 10 years ago not 1-2
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oh, 2013 either someone else did more recently or there was a design refresh, because i've definitely seen that design come up in the last couple years
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you are thinking about hp, which did a steampunk thing all wrapped in leather with this exact concept
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infernal machines posted:acer made a design like that a year or two ago lol little bit longer than that also it came preloaded with a star trek game
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The United States posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atoODNAzivk that's the surface laptop studio which is a hosed-up form factor. i am talking about the regular surface laptop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJedsO2YO6w which is a regular rear end laptop
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Endless Mike posted:that's the surface laptop studio which is a hosed-up form factor. i am talking about the regular surface laptop i completely forgot about the carpet
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i guess carpeting qualifies as hosed-up form factor
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one of the verge writers is real mad that they dropped the ability to separate the screen from this line a feature which seems to have caused the graphics drivers to crash 70% of the time
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infernal machines posted:acer made a design like that a year or two ago, but with the keyboard and touchpad swapped. many lols were had "tell me you've never used a laptop without telling me you've never used a laptop"
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