On 03/13/2012 12:39 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On 3/13/2012 12:13 AM, Shirley Márquez Dúlcey wrote: >> The laptop certainly won't die for a while, if ever. Many tasks work so >> much better with real keyboards; for example, I can't see professional >> writers ever adopting tablets as their primary writing device. > > This is an important point. Even a cheap keyboard is better for > writing than trying to type on a touch screen. A keyboard probably > isn't as convenient as a touch screen for your life in 140 characters > or less but for any kind of serious writing you're going to want a > real keyboard. Or a chiropractor to fix your ruined hands afterwards. > > The only thing that I can see killing the clamshell style notebook is > the elimination of the physical screen. Someone devises a way of > projecting the display into the air above the keyboard, does it > cheaper than whatever is current for flat panel technology, does it > with at least as good visual quality, and does it with less electrical > power. That's the laptop killer. True three-dimensional projection, > not the flat parallax projection like the 3DS, is a bonus. > We already have ways of projecting onto eyeglasses, We've had BLU meetings on this. Effectively these are implemented as heads-up displays, I don't know why some companies don't invest in these. For instance, a person who spends hours looking at a screen can get back problems, but if the same person is wearing glasses or using a yet-to-be invented air screen, they can sit in a more comfortable position.
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