gagnonrich opened this issue on Jul 21, 2010 · 48 posts
pjz99 posted Fri, 23 July 2010 at 8:41 PM
Quote - Only if it's not hooked up to a monitor. How big that monitor will be will depend on whether its at home or how big a portable monitor a person wants to drag around on the road.
I don't necessarily disagree with that, but that's contrary to the "bang for buck" selling point for handheld doodads - you are paying for two display devices, one of which can't be used while mobile. Cost goes up, and function while mobile is not improved, function while stationary is definitely not as good as a dedicated stationary widget for similar price (compact, low heat/low power display adapter). Full blown monitors are not really in the "portable" category, not when you have to sit down and essentially make a desktop out of your portable widget.
I'm not crapping on the idea of laptops or handhelds in general, just the idea that they're every bit as functional or that they have a better "bang for buck" is pretty obviously nonsense and will be for the foreseeable future.