Newest Lenovo Laptop has its own 2nd panel
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From CES 2022
"There’s also a “Magic Launcher” option that allows you to place your most commonly-used app icons on the second display for quick and easy access without interrupting whatever you’re doing on the primary screen. The second display also supports smartphone mirroring, making it even easier to work and access files across devices."
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@janrif To me this looks like a half‐baked solution. Sacrificing that much keyboard space and taking an awkward position when typing, just to launch apps, when I could as well launch them with keyboard shortcuts(!!) is a little silly. They should have gone all the way and make the second screen take all the space. Then you can have whatever running down there, including a large combined screen, software sliders and knobs, an enormous trackpad, area for drawing with a pen, etc.; and you use an external keyboard. An onscreen keyboard is still a possibility then on the go.
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@luetage said in Newest Lenovo Laptop has its own 2nd panel:
They should have gone all the way and make the second screen take all the space.
They have kinda already done that with the Yoga Book C930. The keyboard doubles as a second screen for use when e.g. drawing. It doesn't have full second monitor capabilities, though.
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@luetage said in Newest Lenovo Laptop has its own 2nd panel:
Sacrificing that much keyboard space and taking an awkward position when typing, just to launch apps, when I could as well launch them with keyboard shortcuts(!!) is a little silly
I don't disagree. However, I believe that the 2nd panel has some of the Vivaldi 2nd panel characteristics.
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The overall look of the laptop just seems odd. Would take some getting used to, but it is somewhat interesting.
I have been playing around with the idea of getting a multiscreen laptop for my next computer, but realistically, I will probably go with a desktop and keep my current laptop (assuming I am able to buy some graphics cards without having to sell a kidney or two).
The one I have been looking at is the Asus Zephyrus Duo. It also got a refresh at this CES, but from the list of its specifications, it will likely be fairly expensive.
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In terms of utilization of space and ergonomics, there isn't any wasted space on the keyboard deck, but it does push the keyboard all the way to the front and the touchpad to the right. For desk usage, a wrist rest might be necessary for using the keyboard, but as a right handed user, the touchpad would be easy to get used to. The tilting of the second screen also helps make it easier to use the second screen for things like floating toolbars in programs and things you want to take a quick glance at.
I envision using the second screen mostly as a control panel with space reserved for program/task specific configurations as well. One side of the screen would probably be for a Home Assistant dashboard and the other side for macros/hotkeys for which I currently use AutoHotKey to remap the number pad with NumLock off.
It is an interesting way to try and make laptops more useful, but there is no beating an ultrawide monitor for when you don't need to be so mobile.
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@nomadic said in Newest Lenovo Laptop has its own 2nd panel:
Asus Zephyrus Duo
Interesting machine @ $2300US. From your post, I'm imagining three things: #1 anything can be programmed into the 2nd screen #2 multiple inputs would be possible by positioning on 2nd screen & that #3 when raising the 2nd screen, it does not change main panel real estate ....or is there a larger bottom border to accommodate?
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@nomadic said in Newest Lenovo Laptop has its own 2nd panel:
I have been playing around with the idea of getting a multiscreen laptop for my next computer, but realistically, I will probably go with a desktop and keep my current laptop
I've been toying with that idea too. What desktops are you looking at. Actual desktop or small tower or .......
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@janrif My requirements for a new computer might be a little different than yours, but who knows, maybe you need lots of compute power for something also?
I am looking for an actual desktop with around 16 or more cores (maybe AMD Threadripper or Epyc) and probably 2 GPUs that are as powerful as I can manage to get and afford. I would also pair it with a 3440x1440 resolution 34 inch (86.36 cm) ultrawide monitor. That is more the dream than what will likely be reality, but I would still probably try to get components that would help enable that build in the future. Definitely overkill for most people's needs, but I took up rendering as a hobby, so even with those specs, some scene renders could still take days.
Photo of my poor old laptop using cold winter air from the window to avoid melting while rendering a simple scene
The real goal would be for me to design and make my own custom case and build a pc inside of that, but that is awhile off.
Luckily, I do have a GPU just sitting in its box that I bought used for a CNC project I did a few years ago. Got it then for just over $300 and now it sells used on Ebay for $700-$800
. Maybe I will just sell the GPU and use the money to help build a computer without a dedicated graphics card while I wait for chip shortages to hopefully improve...Definitely a bad time to buy a PC
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@nomadic lol Bad bad time. You should wait it out. If you got no current use for the GPU, definitely sell it. As soon as prices drop and you can do a build it won’t be worth anything. But who knows when this will be.
I built a desktop too almost 2 years ago now. My requirement being that it had to be passive/silent. But I obviously don’t do rendering.
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Haha, Blender needs a lot of power, the new RTX 3050 seams a good choice for 250$ if it is available, then 800$ for the new PC seams reacheable.Cheers, mib
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@nomadic said in Newest Lenovo Laptop has its own 2nd panel:
My requirements for a new computer might be a little different than yours, but who knows, maybe you need lots of compute power for something also?
@nomadic Thanks for your reply. Some of the items you mentioned aren't even in my vocabulary; I haven't the vaguest idea how to build a pc & I'm envious of those -- like yourself -- who can.
With that in mind, I'm looking for an off-the-shelf -- but upgradable -- desktop with great graphics card w its own memory that is 100% sRGB & 100% Adobe RGB or as close as possible; sRGB more important to me. Basically, I use 3 programs: a dB (Zoot); a browser (Vivaldi) & an image post production program (Exposure).
If anything comes to mind, please let me know. I'm going to wait for shortages to settle down -- along w prices -- before I buy. But I'd like to start following a manufacturer or two so I can compare & watch for sales//discounts.
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