Doesn’t the reduced thickness also contribute to higher Temps and the jet engine fans?
If it was a bit thicker, some of the empty space could be used to push air through and cool the components better.
But if it were like that, how would it die after two years of updates, necessitating you to buy a new one, huh?
Checkmate poors!
Addendum: no webcam or microphone. Firm keys. A bios that doesn’t make choices for us and lets you actually use the damn thing.
All I want is a laptop is 6-8 hours battery life that’s tiny so it’s very portable.
If I want what’s described here I’ll just use a desktop.
My thinkpad (480, 490?) is super thin and keeps the lights on for like 8-10 hours.
Screen could be better ofc, can’t have everything I guess.
TBF I’m happy with an optical drive being a peripheral these days, I probably need mine about twice an average year currently
Agree on everything else though. I miss my 17" from ages ago pretty much because it had a numpad
As someone who has used the peripheral ones, there is a tradeoff compared to built-in: they break more frequently. There’s just not enough “armor” keeping the internals safe from even just being squished a little too hard in a backpack
or that, you know a lithium ion ups would make that work really well
You have to use 90’s tech to keep it on theme, so it would have to be NiCad or lead acid
When they tell me they removed several conveniences to save a quarter pound I’m like, “dog I can deadlift 400 pounds do you think I’ll even feel the difference in my bag?” Gimme my ports back you assholes.
Then go buy one of those ruggedized, industrial behemoths that come with their own heavy duty transport case, rolling wheels, and Briggs & Stratton engine. ffs it’s not that difficult.
My thoughts exactly. If you don’t want a thin and lite, don’t get one. Just don’t expect a brand like apple to build thick and rugged macbooks. But there are definitely laptops out there that fit those specifications.
For the battery issue, how much of that is just because they want to stay under the 100Wh mark for shipping in the US?
https://www.winmate.com/en/Product/L140TG-3
Also, apparently dual hot-swappable battery laptops have existed…
Also, apparently dual hot-swappable battery laptops have existed…
Indeed, I still hold on to my trusty ThinkPad T420 for that reason (and the excellent Linux support). Two batteries can be used at the same time, one of them hot-swappable.
Yeah I was gonna say, there has to be some ThinkPad variant that… comes pretty close to hitting these requirements.
The T420 has dual batteries? Weird, my T430s (not recommended btw, but I got it for free) doesn’t have those. My x250 has dual batteries though.
Not all variants, and maybe not in all markets. I will try to remember to get the SKU on it and post here.
I never understood why that didn’t take off more, like even when you "could* swap out a phone battery for example (miss you old xiaomi 2 & 5 !) it wasn’t hot swappable, even a condensator+some quick deep sleep could probably let you do it if you’re fast smh.
Probably because people don’t use their laptops when they’re mobile as much as you’d think. Spending an additional 100-150€ on a second battery will seem expensive, even when the laptop just cost 1-2k€.
In my dream world you’d pop in and out 18650 batteries in slots on the backside ☺️ a proprietary system would probably be cost prohibitive. For a mobile they had lots of similar flat batteries, and cheap too, but that was then I guess.
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what I want is a mini pc, a battery pack and a docking ‘console’ in shape of laptop with a DP screen, ports, keyboard and touchpad. I can mix and match these according to my need, like 2 battery packs.
if I know somewhere power, display and keyboard will be available I can simply take the mini pc only.
https://www.techeblog.com/cyberdeck-steam-deck-portable-briefcase-game-console/
Doesn’t hit all your requirements, but its closer than it is far away.
General shape of a laptop.
Does have ports, keyboard, and touchpad.
Not a DP screen, doesn’t have swappable internal battery packs but you could… slap kinda pouches or straps to the housing, and carry some external batteries or a mouse in em, plug em into whatever ‘dock’ / usb hub this thing is using.
The same can be said for phones, first they got rid of removable batteries, then the headphone jack and now they’re after the sim slot too.
Remember SD card slots in phones?
That can’t stop me from using a USB splitter and connect to a portable SSD glued onto the back of my phone.
How the hell is Lee Jae-yong¹ gonna stop me from doing that?
¹CEO of Samsung
Laptops already reached the maximum limit of a battery you can take on an airplane. 100 to 160 Wh batteries need airline approval before you can bring it onto the airplane and anything about 160Wh is forbidden. So yeah larger batteries are not gonna happen, until solid state batteries become the norm.
Alright then give me a laptop with an 50 array of 99 watt batteries.
Or hear me out, sell one with a removable battery so I shove a fuck off big battery in that sonovabitch. I ain’t getting on a plane so let me jam a batter that could power the electrical system in my 2001 Tacoma for a week.
