alt Hacker NewsMy laptop is always either plugged into a dock at work, or plugged into a dock or just a power supply at home. I feel like there's an untapped market for 'same laptop, but slightly cheaper because there's no battery in it at all'.
Like you say most windows laptops have such garbage battery life already that it's not practical to use them unplugged.
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Ah but then you'd need to hard shut down to carry it home. The battery should keep the ram active to commute while sleeping
Kind of an interesting idea. Only the portability but none of the mobile computing capability.
It does kind of seem like, outside a few select models, the PC market just gets the laptop part of laptops so so wrong. Bad touchpads, bad screens, no battery life, unpleasant industrial design usually, crammed with crapware and other bullshit. I hand it to the few companies that do try harder to remedy these.
Eh, I want some battery, it's nice when you need to move rooms or someone kicks the power cable out. Even 15 minutes would be enough for a chonkster machine like this.
> 'same laptop, but slightly cheaper because there's no battery in it at all'
So, a simple computer? You can even choose your keyboard, mouse and screens.