Comments on: Is the Laptop Dead? http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/ Lifework Thu, 23 May 2013 04:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jeannie Koulizakis http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4500 jeannie Koulizakis Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:01:06 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4500 Technology may change, but what won't is the size of our eyes, hands and head, as well as the proximity between our eyeballs and the tips of our fingers. This is also why the 8.5 x 11 notebook has not changed over the many, many years people have used them to write down their thoughts, although the type of binding, paper, etc. has evolved. It's no mistake paper notebooks and laptops are roughly the same size.... Technology may change, but what won’t is the size of our eyes, hands and head, as well as the proximity between our eyeballs and the tips of our fingers. This is also why the 8.5 x 11 notebook has not changed over the many, many years people have used them to write down their thoughts, although the type of binding, paper, etc. has evolved. It’s no mistake paper notebooks and laptops are roughly the same size….

]]> By: stone http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4492 stone Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:48:26 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4492 I'd like to see a iMac/MacMini/iPad hybrid. A 15" touch screen with full OS and processing power that is easily connectible to an external BIG monitor and keyboard. Full functionality while you're at a clients or waiting room, yet can bring all your data everywhere. Maybe a cover and an actual keyboard too, wait, that's a laptop. I’d like to see a iMac/MacMini/iPad hybrid. A 15″ touch screen with full OS and processing power that is easily connectible to an external BIG monitor and keyboard. Full functionality while you’re at a clients or waiting room, yet can bring all your data everywhere.

Maybe a cover and an actual keyboard too, wait, that’s a laptop.

]]> By: Kevin Atkinson http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4489 Kevin Atkinson Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:51:41 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4489 I don't think we'll ever get away from the tactile crutch of a real-key keyboard. In that case the thing that needs to change is the screen - what about a retractable / roll-out OLED film screen? Even better, make it detachable and Bluetooth-enabled so that it can be hung on the wall or hooked on an adjustable desk stand. I don’t think we’ll ever get away from the tactile crutch of a real-key keyboard. In that case the thing that needs to change is the screen – what about a retractable / roll-out OLED film screen? Even better, make it detachable and Bluetooth-enabled so that it can be hung on the wall or hooked on an adjustable desk stand.

]]> By: San Diego Office Furniture http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4474 San Diego Office Furniture Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:44:54 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4474 I can't work on a laptop at all - the ergonomics of the design are awful (there's no way to get the screen and the keyboard both at the right height and distance at the same time). Hopefully whatever comes next will address these issues. Daisy http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog I can’t work on a laptop at all – the ergonomics of the design are awful (there’s no way to get the screen and the keyboard both at the right height and distance at the same time). Hopefully whatever comes next will address these issues.

Daisy
http://www.sandiegocubicles.com/blog

]]> By: Cerentha Harris http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4452 Cerentha Harris Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:36:45 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4452 Your welcome Rob - a slide out keyboard could work. Just have to make sure it was robust enough I guess. Hope you had a good bus ride! Your welcome Rob – a slide out keyboard could work. Just have to make sure it was robust enough I guess. Hope you had a good bus ride!

]]> By: Robert S http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4451 Robert S Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:11:11 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4451 What about a tablet with a slide out, Bluetooth keyboard. That may be interesting. But I wouldn't ever say that something has reached the end of it's design life. You never know what innovations may come. Just a few years ago you would have said that mobile phones were at the end of their design life. After all, we couldn't make them any smaller or sleeker or offer any new features. It then Apple looked at it different and voila, I'm writing this comment on my iPhone while on a bus. Thanks for the article. Rob What about a tablet with a slide out, Bluetooth keyboard.

That may be interesting.

But I wouldn’t ever say that something has reached the end of it’s design life. You never know what innovations may come. Just a few years ago you would have said that mobile phones were at the end of their design life. After all, we couldn’t make them any smaller or sleeker or offer any new features. It then Apple looked at it different and voila, I’m writing this comment on my iPhone while on a bus.

Thanks for the article.

Rob

]]> By: Miguel Marcos http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4449 Miguel Marcos Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:58:23 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4449 Don't forget that Apple is pushing the Mac toward the iOS model via the Mac App store and some Lion desktop features. It's plausible that a future iPad-ish device would be plugged into a dock at home/work that has a nice big monitor and keyboard attached (wirelessly). I agree the iPad and it's competitors need to resolve the data input issue. I regularly type like crap on my iPad when I post online. The hassle of correcting my text afterwards vs. using the painful iOS word suggestion feature is an irresolvable dilemma. Don’t forget that Apple is pushing the Mac toward the iOS model via the Mac App store and some Lion desktop features.

It’s plausible that a future iPad-ish device would be plugged into a dock at home/work that has a nice big monitor and keyboard attached (wirelessly).

I agree the iPad and it’s competitors need to resolve the data input issue. I regularly type like crap on my iPad when I post online. The hassle of correcting my text afterwards vs. using the painful iOS word suggestion feature is an irresolvable dilemma.

]]> By: Cerentha Harris http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4445 Cerentha Harris Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:22:43 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4445 I agree a keyboard is key. There has to be a way to make those peripherals work with some kind of sleek portable device. It's a really exciting area to look at as far as design goes... C I agree a keyboard is key. There has to be a way to make those peripherals work with some kind of sleek portable device. It’s a really exciting area to look at as far as design goes…
C

]]> By: Milan Kazarka http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/is-the-laptop-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-4444 Milan Kazarka Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:50:04 +0000 http://www.hermanmiller.com/lifework/?p=12088#comment-4444 Well I think that something like a middle format will be needed. For me - as a developer I can't possibly imagine to be programming on an iPad or on a tablet without a keyboard and I can't imagine doing some other productive work like graphics or design. Apple / MacOS slowly merges the usability concepts of the iPad into their 'big' MacOS X. Doing this is easier than going the other way round - adding all the noise from the 'big' MacOS X to the iOS. A middle format is needed - enabling a mobile UI used in the iPad to be used when you travel with the possibility to switch to a Desktop/touch like system when you are at home. But you also can't have two completely separate systems on one device - their UI/UX needs to overlap, or else it'll be a mess. It's the work of us platform and UX developers to find the right mix I guess. From the HW point of view - I believe - I really do, that the presentational / LCD & keyboard part of computers, be it mobile or desktop should be handled as separate things. You could for example have a small box (size of a business-card) that you put into a tablet or you put it into your home computer. This should be more than a disk and less than the complete computer. The tablet and the home desktop will only provide the LCD, keyboard and mouse. At the end of the day you should be able to use the best peripherals with the best software & HW platform and you need to have a possibility to combine them. Milan Kazarka http://www.simplestrawberry.com Well I think that something like a middle format will be needed. For me – as a developer I can’t possibly imagine to be programming on an iPad or on a tablet without a keyboard and I can’t imagine doing some other productive work like graphics or design.

Apple / MacOS slowly merges the usability concepts of the iPad into their ‘big’ MacOS X. Doing this is easier than going the other way round – adding all the noise from the ‘big’ MacOS X to the iOS.

A middle format is needed – enabling a mobile UI used in the iPad to be used when you travel with the possibility to switch to a Desktop/touch like system when you are at home. But you also can’t have two completely separate systems on one device – their UI/UX needs to overlap, or else it’ll be a mess.

It’s the work of us platform and UX developers to find the right mix I guess.

From the HW point of view – I believe – I really do, that the presentational / LCD & keyboard part of computers, be it mobile or desktop should be handled as separate things. You could for example have a small box (size of a business-card) that you put into a tablet or you put it into your home computer. This should be more than a disk and less than the complete computer. The tablet and the home desktop will only provide the LCD, keyboard and mouse.

At the end of the day you should be able to use the best peripherals with the best software & HW platform and you need to have a possibility to combine them.

Milan Kazarka
http://www.simplestrawberry.com

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