Comment by spankibalt

Comment by spankibalt 2 days ago

The HP ZBook X2 G4 leaves it in the dust, both conceptually (detachables are a superior form factor) and specs-wise; HP EliteBook 27xxp machines with similar guts are at least on par.

I'd rather have a new and smaller (10" to 13") version of the ZBook X2 G4 instead, upgrade the Dreamcolor display, keep the Wacom EMR digitzer and a sensible dedicated pro-GPU with certified drivers, and add plenty of ECC-RAM. Abracadabra, dream machine right there. Lenovo could do the same with their X12 detachable line if they had some semblance of sense.

cyanydeez 2 days ago

Nope. Open, Twist, Close. No change in viewpoint.

Every other 2:1 tablet requires changing perspective. Like walking into a different room and forgetting what you wanted to do.

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spankibalt 2 days ago

So built a t-hinge keyboard for the detachable, et cetera.
The results are in: Nothing on the market equates to the elegant simplicity, adaptability and haptic qualities of a detachable done right, which can be used as a tablet (with or without an external keyboard), or in several laptop modes (depending on the implementation of the keyboard attachment, e. g. with or without t-hinge), or just/also as a screen when connecting a expandable dock/computer (e. g. Nintendo Switch-like). A machine in that form factor can scale from smartphone-sized to a ~13-incher; everything above is too big and cumbersome.
Besides, as the other chap in the thread mentioned, the X61T is a superior chassis to the X230T anyway. :)

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