Lenovo's Prototype Laptop Has a Growing Screen That Doubles in Height
Consumer: I REFUSE to use an external display
Industry: we got u fam
Consumer: I'd like affordable housing, please
Industry: Fuck off and die
"guys we have a problem, laptops are lasting too long and thats really eating into new sales. how do we increase the rate of planned obsolescence but make it cool?"
most gimmick laptops malfunction in a dozen ways and have a low lifespan, but itll be interesting if this fad catches on without having shit break. if anything i feel like a laptop that has increased width of screen or an extra one pop out or something is the real way to go.
Feels a bit like a return to the whacky 'future' computers from older sci-fi!
The middle of the venn diagram between "does enough work on computers that they want a second monitor for their laptop", and "would purchase something as doomed to break as this", has got to be tiny
