Intel
- Intel, the company behind the processors that power a majority of laptops, showed its concept of what high-performance laptops should do moving forward at the Computex 2019 event in Taipei.
- Intel’s idea of a modern, high-performance laptop has a "companion display" that acts as a second screen for secondary apps and functions.
- The companion display lets your primary apps occupy the main display without overcrowding it with apps or windows.
- High-performance laptops of the future should also prop themselves up to give you a better view of the companion display, according to Intel.
- Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.
Intel’s vision of the future of high-performance laptops props itself up and comes with a large secondary display above the keyboard.
It’s total madness, but there is reason behind this insanity.
The secondary display — called the "companion display" — acts like a second computer monitor. As someone who craves a second monitor when I don’t have one, I can see the allure.
As for the propping up part, it’s to let you see the companion display without looming over the laptop. This particular idea is a little far-fetched, and would surely destroy any ounce of portability a laptop might have. Still, it comes with good intentions.
Right off the bat, there are a few glaring questions that need to be answered, like cost, portability, and battery life.
But for now, get a better sense of Intel’s vision of the future of high-performance laptops:
Intel’s Honeycomb Glacier concept calls for high-end laptops to have a second screen, or a "companion display," as the company calls it.
Intel
The companion display is designed to act like a second monitor for secondary functions and apps, like a chat app, and it leaves the main screen for the primary app you’re working with.
For example, you could have a chat app on the companion display while you use the primary display for work or playing games.
Intel
The companion display can even complement your primary apps. It can show you a map of a game’s level while the game occupies the main display.
Intel
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
See Also:
- A laptop infected with 6 of the most dangerous computer viruses in history was sold at auction to an anonymous buyer for $1.345 million — here’s what each virus can do
- Here are all the companies that have cut ties with Huawei, dealing the Chinese tech giant a crushing blow
- I tried Huawei’s MacBook Air competitor before the company was blacklisted in the US. Here’s what it was like to use.
Source: Business Insider – feedback@businessinsider.com (Antonio Villas-Boas)