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Lenovo’s concept laptop is real, transparent, and ready to impress::Lenovo’s ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop is a 17.3-inch notebook with a transparent screen and a built-in tablet for you to doodle on.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Uhm, cool I guess. Why should we use this? Does it have any advantage over classical displays?

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Some very novel jobs where you need to be at a computer but also like to see the person in front of you? For the sake of transparency so the client can follow a bit?

I am just guessing. Transparent screens as tech are very promising for AR, imagine a technicians tablet with this? But a laptop… more a novelty.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

One person would be looking at a reversed image though, so that's not going to fly.

Why not simply have a double sided monitor?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Even if it does, it has a ton of disadvantages too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Yes. The advantage is it's really cool.

You can get done damn near everything you need with super basic products, but is that how you roll?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Put a paper drawing behind the transparent screen and draw on the screen to digitize it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Or, you know, use a scanner app?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Nah, that's too affordable and easy to use for a True Artist.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

So you can proudly watch porn in public and make not just people behind you uncomfortable, but also people in front of you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Everyone in the circlejerk can look at the same screen.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Only and only use I can think of is tablet mode without relying on screen flipping somehow away from keyboard.