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Originally Posted by Crowl
The kind of device dmaul wants would not work with an e-ink screen and thus you would need similar amounts of battery as a normal netbook.
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You're falling into the old "linear prediction" trap. Things don't "extend in a straight line" into the future. If 25 years ago, you had said, "No one will ever want a laptop computer, because they'd have to haul around a 20-pound CRT and a power cord and could only use it when plugged into a wall socket," you might have sounded realistic AT THE TIME, but technology advances. There WILL be new, lower power displays with fast response times. Do I know what technology they will use? No. But they WILL happen. There WILL be more powerful batteries that weigh no more than a cell phone battery does today. When forecasting the (technological) future, you have to have faith. It hasn't failed yet. It will someday (there are physical limits), but we're still a long way away from them.