A small shameless market survey. Would you buy a 17 inch notebook with 320Wh batteries with and a desktop class display panel with it, if it weights 5kg?
The idea is basically trying to make a DTR class laptop with genuine portability.
Can’t take it on a plane due to battery regulations, I’d have to ground ship it to myself if I travel.
Can’t carry it in my backpack without damaging my body.
Can’t power that thing within the 100W USB-C standard. Add more weight for the huge power brick.
Can’t figure out what I can’t do with my 2kg laptop that this machine will be able to do. I’ve already got 8 cores, more RAM than I’ll ever need, and a dedicated graphics card. What is more than doubling the weight going to get me?
I've been totally hooked on 17 inch laptops for ten years, sadly fewer and fewer manufacturers make them. I've had them weigh 10 pounds and 6 pounds, I prefer 6 pounds! I don't care much about battery capacity as I keep mine plugged in 99% of the time.
I would definitely switch speed for weight but better display is a maybe.
Pros:
* full-size keyboard with proper travel, * bigger battery, * 21" is bigger than 15", * it runs cooler and less noise.
Cons:
* weight, * no more working from Starbucks.
320Wh sounds fun but you can't travel with it. 99Wh is max and some airlines even less.
How about a 17 inch notebook with a 100Wh battery + 100Wh battery extension and a good display that weighs 3kg~ (with only one of the batteries)?
If the product category took off in the market, okay, but a single offering from an unknown player? Not for me, I fear.
I was in lecture-halls all the time, so there usually was power, and having the extra screen real estate was nice.
We thought of single 300Wh, but discovered half way that this would impede some users who need to use their notebooks on flights outside of China.
So we rewired the setup for 2 x 20V packs. This way each pack will be below 160Wh limit used by many airlines.
MSI GT-76 laptop with 128GB RAM, 3x1TB Samsung SSDs, i9-9900K CPU, Nvidia GTX 2080, 17” 4K screen.
It comes with 2 power supplies like 2 bricks. Gigantic, heavy and super fast laptop.