[HN Gopher] Asus will release a 17" foldable OLED laptop
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Asus will release a 17" foldable OLED laptop
Author : prostoalex
Score : 58 points
Date : 2022-01-05 21:31 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| ChrisMarshallNY wrote:
| It's cool. I suspect that it might not be a bad idea to wait for
| the foldable screen tech to mature, though.
|
| I think that we will be seeing quite a few mechanical problems
| with various foldable devices.
|
| For myself, it isn't particularly compelling to have a foldable
| laptop. A foldable phone/tablet would be more my speed.
| ismayilzadan wrote:
| How long till Linux or Gnome supports these types of laptops? To
| me this is an incredible concept since I can use it both as
| another monitor as well as a portable device for a few days of a
| year during my holiday. If only after it has full Linux support.
| grishka wrote:
| > How long till Linux or Gnome supports these types of laptops?
|
| Approximately one eternity. Desktop Linux still doesn't
| support:
|
| - Using different DPI on a different screen in a multi-monitor
| setup (common case is when you connect a low-dpi monitor to a
| high-dpi laptop)
|
| - Color depth of more than 8 bits per channel
|
| - Color management in general, needed for wide-gamut displays
|
| - Any kind of HDR functionality
|
| And hardware that has these features that Linux can't make use
| of due to a series of unfortunate architectural decisions has
| existed for a long time.
| carlsborg wrote:
| Depends on the resolution. I have a regular ASUS OLED and it
| runs linux just fine, at least the display part.
| ismayilzadan wrote:
| I can imagine this would work fine too in a full display mode
| (if that is hardware default), but then when you try to
| switch to a laptop mode somehow half of the screen needs to
| turn off and the other half needs to rotate 90 degrees. It
| sounds like a lot of work.
| moralestapia wrote:
| >both as another monitor as well as a portable device
|
| I never thought of that and now I want it really bad. I kind of
| do this everyday, but with a macbook and manually.
| dhosek wrote:
| The MacBook-iPad integration for external display use is
| really quite nice. I don't use it that much right now because
| I've got a nice extra wide screen monitor next to my laptop
| stand for when I'm at home and I'm always at home, but I used
| to, when I would be working at the library in the olden days
| and it was nice to have an extra screen from time to time.
| ismayilzadan wrote:
| Yea, there are many people just using their laptops as a
| monitor on stand next to their existing monitors. Then they
| just use whatever separate keyboard they like. So this would
| essentially remove the bottom part from laptop for extra
| screen estate.
| SahAssar wrote:
| From what I read the windows support for the X1 fold is still
| pretty bad and usually for specialty consumer devices linux
| support lags behind quite a bit.
|
| I was considering buying a X1 fold, but reviews saying windows
| support was bad (probably since windows X never launched) and
| no linux support even on the horizon made me hold off.
| rhino369 wrote:
| Cool tech. How come burn in isn't an issue for OLEDs on laptops?
| Seems to be an issue for TV.
| wvenable wrote:
| I have an Asus OLED laptop and burn in is an issue for these as
| well. You can enable anti-burn in features (like pixel shift)
| just like an OLED TV.
| zitterbewegung wrote:
| Who says it isn't? A big part would be that the screens are
| smaller but eventually you will get burn in. Being an early
| adopter has its price. [1]
|
| [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWrFEU_605g
| SketchySeaBeast wrote:
| No reason to assume it isn't. I think the hope is that you'll
| replace this before it becomes apparent.
| chrismorgan wrote:
| > _Endless possibilities. (Okay, four, but still.)_
|
| I like it. People bandy terms like "infinite" about too freely.
| systemvoltage wrote:
| No thanks. Bad idea to replace the keyboard and have to carry a
| separate thing. There is a reason why the current laptop format
| is popular. That said, why do I have a sinking feeling that this
| is going to be widely popular? People will buy this like there is
| no tomorrow. And then, 10 years later, physical keyboard will be
| a new reversing trend.
| MBCook wrote:
| > There is a reason why the current laptop format is popular
|
| Because Apple invented it with the PowerBook 100 series and no
| one has come up with anything better?
|
| That doesn't mean there isn't something out there. PC makers
| have tried. Apple tried. Nothing has stuck as well.
|
| This may be the thing that does it. We'll have to see.
|
| That said I kind of doubt this thing works. I wouldn't be
| surprised if it gets delayed. If it doesn't I bet it has
| serious problems like the first Samsung folding phones did.
|
| Whether this is THE new successful design or not, I can't
| imagine someone hitting it out of the park with the first try.
| Zenst wrote:
| The upside is a choice of keyboard (if Bluetooth and not
| proprietary) and removes an avenue of repair costs. This and we
| all know that keyboards are like magnets to liquids and snack
| crumbs (even if you don't eat snacks).
| amackera wrote:
| If it's widely popular and sells a lot, it's not a bad idea.
| It's just not for you?
| rektide wrote:
| Based on the specs I'm expecting this to be out of my budget, but
| I really really want to replace my everyday-carry 12" tablet with
| this. It'd be so awesome to have a much bigger screen, of such
| brilliant specifications.
|
| I have to hand it to Apple, they have been pushing the bounds of
| what we expect from consumer/pro-sumer displays. I expect this
| will be out of range, but decent screen specs are starting to
| become more available across more price points, and that's great.
| With really good computing hardware being the norm, competing to
| offer a good display on your laptop is a great feature.
|
| Tricks like this, of making more screen real estate available in
| a more compact form- that's really really a nice trick.
| sparrish wrote:
| This is an Asus product, not an Apple product.
| 2muchcoffeeman wrote:
| Based on the price of Samsung foldable phones, the screen alone
| puts this thing outside my budget. From a productivity
| standpoint, I'd prefer 2 normal screens like the MS Duo. This
| is really early adopter stuff.
| throwaway4good wrote:
| Who produces the display?
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