Quote Originally Posted by Zahl View Post
Haven't we been there ~5 years ago? Windows Continuum was quite a smooth experience. Would Microsoft have not messed up the Phone/Mobile platform's release and marketing in every way possible, who knows where we'd be today? Ubuntu touch/convergence wasn't quite there yet either and also gave up eventually, but in their defense, they had a fraction of the resources to make this work. Microsoft failed out of arrogance/incompetence, Ubuntu failed because money.
Not quite. Phones are pretty awesome, but they are not the same as desktops, yet. The Windows phones, had they worked, were terribly underpowered. I want to be able to run VS, a program that isn't trivial, but is far from being demanding for system resources. The Windows Phone wouldn't have been able to do that.

What I am wanting is a computer as powerful and capable as a desktop (though perhaps without the graphics), in my pocket. We aren't there, yet.


For me, that's been solved for ages with a Thinkpad + docking station. Although USB-C eliminates the latter, making it even more versatile and portable.
Yeah, I've been there for ages, as well. Laptops are not sufficiently portable, though. I was never tempted to carry one on a bike trip, because they are too bulky and heavy. The Surface Pro is lighter and quite slim, so I was willing to carry that. I'm not yet willing to carry a Surface Pro hiking, though, because they're still too heavy for that....and probably always will be.