Comment About Time (Score 1) 408
I've been wanting to see a briefcase computer for a number of years now as I like my screens big - though the scale of my new home setup of dual 21" 1600x1200 lcds is a bit further away in such a portable form as a briefcase.
I did use (and still have) a laptop (15") for the last 3 or so years as my main machine - not sure I ever once actually put it on my lap though - so heat or weight there was not a problem for me.
I think a 24" screen may be about the limit for a briefcase computer, until screen folding or rolling comes on the scene. Most professional men used to carry briefcases to and from work as a matter of course not that long ago (30 yrs? 20?) - and had been for decades, if not longer. No reason for it not to come back.
Size and weight (and expense) are the main factors to improve on for now, but as we all know technology marches on, and now finally laptop tech, perhaps now that laptop sales are surpassing desktop sales and lcds are getting a lot cheaper.
The most interesting thing to happen with briefcase computers will be social I predict. All of a sudden a rather major reason for rooting employees in a building together - where their big-screen desktop computers are rooted - just evaporates. Calls into question the need for a common building, or at least what kind of building, if everyone can carry their work world with them and access everything else they need remotely.
Of course this issue is already playing out at the macro-level with national and international work teams/partners/clients/etc, but soon it will be playing at the micro-local-level too. Physical buildings are expensive...
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Sigless in Gaza.
I did use (and still have) a laptop (15") for the last 3 or so years as my main machine - not sure I ever once actually put it on my lap though - so heat or weight there was not a problem for me.
I think a 24" screen may be about the limit for a briefcase computer, until screen folding or rolling comes on the scene. Most professional men used to carry briefcases to and from work as a matter of course not that long ago (30 yrs? 20?) - and had been for decades, if not longer. No reason for it not to come back.
Size and weight (and expense) are the main factors to improve on for now, but as we all know technology marches on, and now finally laptop tech, perhaps now that laptop sales are surpassing desktop sales and lcds are getting a lot cheaper.
The most interesting thing to happen with briefcase computers will be social I predict. All of a sudden a rather major reason for rooting employees in a building together - where their big-screen desktop computers are rooted - just evaporates. Calls into question the need for a common building, or at least what kind of building, if everyone can carry their work world with them and access everything else they need remotely.
Of course this issue is already playing out at the macro-level with national and international work teams/partners/clients/etc, but soon it will be playing at the micro-local-level too. Physical buildings are expensive...
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Sigless in Gaza.
