I know it's not for everyone, but man, the Surface Neo is exactly the product I've been wanting. A foldable digital notebook that I can read books on, jot notes in, or markup PDFs on? Yes please.
Ugh, I hate reading on LED displays - e-ink displays like Kindles have are an absolute delight to read on.
One persons marketing gimmick is another persons innovation
I disagree, screen real estate is precious.
Presumably you can still use a window manager to page through all that content.
Which I agree with -- but the device they're showing it off on looks pretty cramped for screen real estate. It has two 9" screens. If we guess those are 16:9 displays, that's about 69 square inches of space... which is actually a few square inches smaller than a single 13" display of the same ratio. (72 square inches)
Just wrap it in a nice leather cover and sell it as an ebook reader. Hold your entire library in the exact form factor of one hardcover book.
I'd buy it only if one of the panel is an e-ink device.
What about the ASUS ZenBook Pros that already have two screens?
Are they popular? Just curious...
Good question. I don't know, but they are well-reviewed.
Mostly I agree with this sentiment. I'd argue it falls into the "we are doing this b/c we can" and "cheap easy marketing coverage" buckets.
How cheap and easy is it to come up to develop a new version (even if it is a reskin) of Windows 10 and dual screen hardware? Surely it cost more in engineering than the marketing coverage they are getting.
Yeah what developer needs more than 1 screen. . . . . .