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Nailed it about peak multiscreen. I was on three screens when everyone was on one, then on the highest consumer DPI monitor in 2009 before Retina or Windows OS support, and now I'm on a single-monitor display with a laptop. In 10 more years that will be the format: Laptop below, 8k 40" atop.

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Or just a cellphone that plugs into a monitor.

I would think that would already exist if it was actually compelling.

But having to plug your computing device into a monitor and keyboard to do any work is just a downgrade from a laptop that always has a monitor and keyboard. It's a bizarre portability trade-off that's even less exciting as laptops become thinner, lighter, and more powerful.

Are you saying it doesn't exist, or just that it's not compelling?

I'm typing this comment on a phone connected to a standard monitor, running a desktop-like experience [0] and it's surprisingly usable!

Hardware - Samsung S8 (2017), generic USB-C to HDMI adapter, bluetooth keyboard and mouse.

[0]https://www.samsung.com/au/apps/samsung-dex/

I do this with my Samsung note 10. Also when I plug my Samsung tablet into my usb-c monitor I get a nice desktop. Lastly, purism’s phone supports phone-as-desktop as well

PinePhone as well - the PostMarketOS even shipped with a HDMI/ethernet/USB dock for this. :)

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