Lenovo Makes Rollable OLED Screens a Laptop Reality
Lenovo Makes Rollable OLED Screens a Laptop Reality
Expanding display rolls out with the touch of a button
Can you make it more ugly and prone to mechanical failure for no gain.
slaps screen
you can fit so much “AI” in this bad boy
A lot of current laptop designs are leaving free space around the battery so more AI can be poured in at a later date, through a dedicated nipple presumably.
And more expensive while you're at it, thanks.
I wouldn't say no gain. I would love that real estate on my bedside stand I use with physical disability. I would not want the sub 17" form factor and keyboard though. I struggle to do anything super technical without a second screen which is a pain in the ass. I can't sit at a desktop and the ergonomics of a laptop are unbeatable in my situation.
The fuck would you even do with a taller screen?
Just a huge portrait screen to to doom scroll through Facebook reels and instagram stories probably
Two or more windows on top of each other. Have you never even put a monitor on its side to get more vertical space?
As a Dev that needs some communication with a team, documentation and potentially a video for entertainment whilst working. Monitors that are taller are great. The LG dual up is my holy grail right now.
Just treat like side by side screens, so browser and code.
Oh there'll be gain. But not for the user.
Yeah I can, add a hinge and swivel so it can go widescreen too
Bring back the trackpoint you bastards !
They didn't take the TrackPoint away, did they?!
Edit: They really did... Way to kill a brand guys. I blame every goddamn tech journalist who wanted it gone, fuck you so much.
And the three buttons!
Can they make laptops with hinges that don't break?
To be fair, Lenovo also made the ThinkPad. You could throw those down a flight of stairs and they wouldn't break
Source: I once dropped a thinkpad down a flight of stairs.
Meh I reckon 75% of that was IBM. I also had an ideapad that would survive literally nothing
Thank you for reminding me of Thinkpads. I'd like to track down a used or refurbished one for home use to survive kiddos
They can, my x230's hinges are still good
I've had two Thinkpads ~15 years and neither had hinges break. The first died due to water damage (the water protection can only do so much), and the second has been with me for almost 7 years now. Both were carried around in backpacks, dropped a few times (current one has a chip from falling off the counter onto a hard floor too many times), and the current one has been abused by young children (slamming the lid, standing on it, etc).
If you're buying a Lenovo laptop that's not a Thinkpad, I don't know what to tell you, that's on you.
I have a better idea: a laptop screen that is legible on a sunny day
so eink pretty much though the refresh rate is shit
Funny you should say that because Lenovo made a laptop with an e-ink screen (as graciously linked by someone else in this thread) about a year ago. But it never came to my market, and I suspect this rollable one won't either. I don't think they're serious about selling any of these, it's just marketing gimmicks.
They’re completely out of ideas.
I'd be happy with a gaming laptop that doesn't have hinges that break.
Short rolling demo from the article https://youtube.com/watch?v=ibpaLkvBXQY
Oh wow, the wrinkles would drive me nuts.
Also, why extend it vertically?
Lmao they really put a coffee cup alongside it, as if unrolling your laptop display like this at a Starbucks would be perfectly normal
Why?
Why not?
Bring back the unfolding keyboard (and the gummy trackpoint). 😂
People hating on this but as someone who codes on the road I'd legit buy it if not the price tag. The vertical space is incredible!
Same. A lot of people in here are definitely not the target market. Taller screens are always better for coding. I also think for just general multitasking too. You can have secondary windows up top or on the bottom but you can make the main thing your working on bigger than what it would be on a standard 16:9/10 monitor which is great.
Same. I love vertical real estate
How does that work on the software side? I guess you can only slide it out fully, will that part be black while it comes up and then your display automatically changes resolution?
There's a video in the article showing it working
imagine making a laptop case for that
Like a phone case that fits onto it or just a carry bag?
Pass
Seems like a cool idea, but those screens aren't really ready for this type of prime time.
Foldable phone screens have been around for 5 years, flexible screens longer than that. The tech has been around and ready there's just not heavy adoption yet.
It's been around, and is ready for some implementations, but it's not ready for prime time, and, IMO, a $3400 laptop is prime time.
It seems ideal for wristwear.
Imagine pulling up to the
car meetLAN party with thisIt could have been so simple: the display on a roll with a spring and a sensor to keep track and rescale the resolution accordingly. You pull at the top to extend the display to x2 and more and be done. Maybe add a scissor at the back to keep the foil without wrinkles. It would have been old-Lenovo-style sturdy instead of the plaything with a motor that breaks after 2 years.
I mean, that demo model looks like a hot mess of ripples and artefacts from this angle.
What the fuck do you even do on a tall scree... Oh its basically a portable vertical monitor
I use dual monitors one on top of each other. If I had this I would simply stack 2 windows.
How expensive is it anyway isn't it just better to get a second monitor if you have to?
Zenbook Duo is much simpler and actually seems effective.
i get this is a first gen but wow that looks awful. so many wrinkles. not mature enough to be revealed yet imo.
This is actually not the first year it's been demoed. Last year it was just a proof of concept. It will take time to work the bugs out.
I mean they are actually selling it now, there shouldn't be bugs like that making it to consumers.
