I mean the size, weight, awkwardness and small trackpad all seem like compromises to me. I'd suspect the battery life too. And some of the screens aren't placed in the most practical of locations.
That said it's a pretty impressive prototype.
It was made by Canon under the name Notejet [1]. It did not come with a built-in desk though.
And it's not allowed on airplanes..
For a long time I've wanted something with all the properties of a desktop PC, but the ability to move it to another room while booted and without having to do multiple journeys.
A serious enough setup I could use it for work every day, yet still with the ability to take it to the living room to do stuff while supervising the kids...
This seems like a pretty achievable project if you have access to a workshop.
Also, that 'ups' allows one to move the device around - it is called out as a mobile SOC.
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Is the battery limit just for carry-on or for checked too? Could you just check this in?
This is due to fire safety.
I had to pay like 80 bucks to check a random bag with those batteries.
I expect it's not a big deal for actual usage, with my controls engineering workstation I typically only use my batteries to transfer from the dock in my office to the dock in the shop and vice versa, and to hold the laptop in suspend when I go to and from work.
You can't have 7 screens, long battery life, and have it be light weight. That would be zero compromises.
It's basically the old adage: Fast, cheap, good - pick two.
They've sacrificed any kind of portability for more screens.
If that's portable, then so is any number of small PCs that could fit in a backpack.
You might be thinking ultra-portable.
Yes, it does. If I don't get all of what I want, then, ipso facto, the product involves some compromise.
Now, if you mean “Zero compromise is almost always a marketing lie”, that's definitely true.