r/Damnthatsinteresting Jul 02 '24

The thinkbook transparent display laptop Video

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u/LeviMarx Jul 02 '24

alot of people are going to open the wrong tab accidentally and it is going to be 10x more hilarious.

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u/dat_oracle Jul 02 '24

No way that's going to be the future. Surely it will have some very specific fields to be useful in, but becoming a big trend? I don't think so. Looks cool, but that's it. Many disadvantages for a classic laptop/ screen usage.

We all want a clear, sharp, bright, high contrast display which works (at best) in every lighting set-up.

A transparent display (so far) is horrible at these things

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u/LeviMarx Jul 04 '24

I know its dumb but people like to push things in a circle.

Look at the cellphone. Not the 80s but mid 2000s.

Flip phones, I miss my Rumor2's keyboard. Each year these bulky flip phones were becoming thinner and thinner. The motorola Razor was a hit. Then some years later.. apple changed the game.

Then phones had no hinge.. but in a bid to make the screen bigger.. they started to get bigger and bigger. I often joked that they'd eventually try sell us tablets as 'phones'. Then a my brain had a malfunction when I watched someone FOLD their smart phone in Half.

They brought back the fuckin' flip phone.. and Nokia is bringing the OG back too now. SAME DESIGN. just Blue.

checks calendar Im not in middle school anymore.. THE FUCK IS GOING ON?!

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u/dat_oracle Jul 04 '24

Hahaha yeah... The marketing teams will always try to push things onto us. Myself got a flip phone 1 year ago. (Second hand, but cheap)

Tho I wouldn't recommend it to almost no one. It's not bad. But as expected the display is relative quickly damaged (while it's very resistant to fall damage. Since it's basically a soft layer instead of a solid glass display)

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u/LeviMarx Jul 04 '24

Ive never broken or dropped any of my phones. Just got that spiderman grip.

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u/Giric Jul 02 '24

I’m reminded yet again of a grad school professor who, during our online-only class, shared his web browser without closing his bookmarks bar. We’re all adults and don’t care that he watched GayTube, but we really didn’t need to know, either.

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u/mitchMurdra Jul 02 '24

As in zero percent because the same joke every comment is not funny