Laptops came into existence since the 1980’s., and only recently in the last 10 years became a household necessity, but so did tablets, and large mobile phones, and desktop computers.. and consoles to name a few. But will laptops dominate the household race, or will it become integrated in such a way that every person might own a laptop, a phone, and other appliances (like a collection), or will it evolve into something else?
Introducing Lightbooks! thinner than a tablet, yet powerful as a desktop computer, lasts long with a 3 day long battery life (regular usage).
Jokes aside, this technology just recently arrived, in the latest macbook M1 lines, where it outperformed a super gaming computer, while having a very long battery life, and portable enough like a tablet.
This is rather ground breaking, as apart from regular net surfing and casual gaming, this power-compact upgrade in the tech market would mean faster launch of newer applications, accurate and precise research of experiments in mere minutes than hours, enabling people to be more productive, and also fast computation to create better video-editing products, so that even a regular person can produce IMAX quality short movies while sitting in their home in front of a green screen!
Apart from the obvious, since light books would be light and energy efficient, therefore less energy is spent in recharging laptops, and the light-weightiness could certainly replace textbooks and notebooks (touchscreen), provided the costs are economical. This combined with the microsoft’s mesh technology, could make virtual meetings anytime anywhere a really common thing, making those “in room hall meeting” types of conference kind of outdated, when you can attend one right in a park.
moreover, this could promote sustainable conservation and reusability of resources since technically, upgrading a laptop wont improve performances or other features by a large margin, since it is suffice for day to day applications. Unless ofcourse someone build a holographic version that can be wearable like glasses (oh wait.. google glass ?)
Hi Samarth,
This was a really interesting look into upcoming technologies. Lightbooks seem really powerful and could launch society into a new area of laptops. I am surprised this technology has not been more widely publicized. I also wonder how much one of these would cost since it seems like such revolutionary technology. Great post!
Reading this post I thought about all of my personal devices and I have a phone, tablet, and a laptop, and while technology is advancing so separate devices are not necessary I think that people will always own multiple personal electronics because how else am I going to scroll through Instagram on my phone while also watching Netflix on my laptop. It is fascinating to see technology changing so fast. Great post!
I was hoping to use the laptop im using to type this comment as a notebook for all my classes this year. I’m someone who absolutely has to write my notes otherwise i just won’t remember anything – and typying just doesn’t have the same effect for me. My laptop can fold into a tablet and has a stylist pen, so that’s why i was hoping to use it as my notebook. Unfortunately, the apps for me to write on just aren’t refined enough for me to use this as a notebook, so it was back to paper and pencil for me. I don’t think i’ll ever trade paper books for e-books. if this year has taught me anything, it’s that reading a computer screen all day hurts. But i definitely love a computer notebook, that way i can cut down on paper usage!