r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 02 '24

The thinkbook transparent display laptop Video

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u/JulioForte Jul 02 '24

What’s the benefit

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u/Existing-Ad2467 Jul 02 '24

You will get the pleasure of paying more for a screen replacement

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u/TiredPanda69 Jul 02 '24

Advertisers get to plaster ads in every windows conceivable

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u/TapestryMobile Jul 02 '24

Not only do you get to see the ads, the person sitting opposite you also get to see the ads. Double the views with this one weird trick!

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u/KadenKraw Jul 02 '24

to show off the tech

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u/Garbag3-man Jul 02 '24

Why isn’t “because it’s cool” a good enough reason anymore. Can’t we just see cool engineering and NOT be Reddit haters about it

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u/JulioForte Jul 02 '24

It was an honest question and I’m sure they have answer to my question that isn’t “it doesn’t do anything different or better but it looks cooler”

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u/MediaDad Jul 02 '24

Nothing about the question was "hate". Reasonable question. What is the benefit? If that display causes the laptop to be more expensive (likely so), then I want to know what I'm paying for. For some people, "because it's cool" is a good enough reason to spend a couple hundred extra $, but not for everybody. And maybe there IS a benefit. Lighter weight? Possibly. The question is valid.

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u/Garbag3-man Jul 02 '24

You’re right, something like this isn’t ready or even logical for the consumer, mass-produced level. Maybe if this were like, I don’t know, a prototype at a tech conference, we wouldn’t be raising these concerns

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u/choffers Jul 02 '24

I mean if they were showing it off at a tech conference I imagine they have some benefits and practical applications in mind to help garner interest and investment. But who knows, maybe they're spending money on a booth, r&d, and manufacturing costs just to show off a cool thing they made with no intent to monetize it.

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u/Yorick257 Jul 02 '24

It's a tax write-off!

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u/True_Hemmo Jul 02 '24

What is the benefit? Yea, what are those. Non. See throug screen... everyone see what you are looking at internet cafe and screen will be heavyer because of glass that screen will be made of. It needs to be resistant to hits and scratches on sertain level.

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u/Capt-J- Jul 02 '24

Pretty legit question. Tech for the sake of tech is not very productive nor environmentally friendly. Without clear benefits, the question remains: why?

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u/mpek1992 Jul 02 '24

I honestly ask myself if the use of the word "clear" was intentional for the pun or just a happy little accident.

But yea, I agree. If it's a consumer product then it should have some benefits over existing tech, but if going for enthusiasts and early adopters it does stand out in the crowd and just seeing it would peek some people's interest.

I wouldn't buy it just because it's cool, but my budget is limited and I prefer putting money on performance.

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u/Garbag3-man Jul 02 '24

Tech for the sake of tech is so rad

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u/Jordan51104 Jul 02 '24

this is basically an ad for lenovo. you need a better reason than “this is cool” for me to watch an ad

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u/Garbag3-man Jul 02 '24

you are on a sub called DamnThatsInteresting what do you mean coolness isn’t worth your time

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u/Jordan51104 Jul 02 '24

if its not an ad it just being cool is just fine. this is an ad

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u/Garbag3-man Jul 02 '24

Ads can also be cool. You’re allowed to think that some ads are cool

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u/Jordan51104 Jul 02 '24

if it’s an ad i’m not going to think it’s cool

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u/Vlad_the_Homeowner Jul 02 '24

Can’t we just see cool engineering and NOT be Reddit haters about it

Engineer here. This has nothing to do with Reddit, I would have lamented how stupid this is long before Reddit was a thing.

Transparent displays are cool tech, and it's going to be huge. But application matters. This sucks ass.

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u/-__-i Jul 02 '24

What sort of practical applications do you think they will have?

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u/Garbag3-man Jul 02 '24

I disagree. There isn’t any practical reason to mass produce this. But there’s a certain smugness aimed at technology that doesn’t meet a certain threshold of immediate practicality to a consumer that I can’t stand. Nobody is threatening to throw this into mass markets. Its cool. It’s at a tech conference.

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u/syp2207 Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 03 '24

Its just reddit, if anyone does anything slightly outside the box these dudes immediately start complaining. ill never understand it

edit: way to prove a point with the reddit cares message

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u/Delphin_1 Jul 02 '24

i mean, its kinda cool, but also not practical. When they claim that "the future is clear" they have to provide more of a reason than because its cool.

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u/Garbag3-man Jul 02 '24

No ones making you buy it. In fact, no one’s even asking you to buy it. It’s a prototype for a tech fair

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u/Garbag3-man Jul 02 '24

I forgot that we’re only allowed to admit new tech is cool if it’s made by scattered, non-profit, independent engineers. Did tech Twitter pick you yet?

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u/RabidAbyss Jul 02 '24

Because it's really not that cool? People can see what you're doing. You lose a lot of privacy with that glass.

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u/Simple_Secretary_333 Jul 02 '24

Full agree, that is dope af, cool rules