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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
It's not only the keyboard. It's also the extra power the Book gives simply because it has that keyboard. That's why I was a bit surprised I noticed they also offer a Book without the dedicated GPU. Without it, you only get that keyboard and extra battery life.
But yes, there are two groups that can and do coexist next to each other.
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The thing many people forget is that the PC market is enormous and there is room for those kinds of fine-grained distinctions; that you can rack up big sales off of niche products and that products with seemingly small differentiation can profitably coexist and prosper independently. One size-fits-all thinking simply limits your reach.
My first thought when I first saw the modularity of the design was that they could possibly offer GPU upgrades via replacement keyboard modules or possibly a dual GPU version for high-end gaming. Or a "keyboard module" without a keyboard but with a professional-grade pad for artists. A data acquisition module for environmental sensing applications. Mix-match bases, maybe.
Once you start down the road of modularity you can come up with all sorts of interesting variations.