{"id":1212044,"date":"2023-12-14T07:20:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212044"},"modified":"2023-12-14T07:20:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T12:20:54","slug":"ive-used-a-foldable-laptop-for-a-month-and-im-ready-to-return-to-a-clamshell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212044","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve used a foldable laptop for a month, and I\u2019m ready to return to a clamshell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/folded-keyboard-front-800x379-1.jpg\" alt=\"HP Spectre Fold\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/folded-keyboard-front-scaled.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1211\" data-width=\"2560\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Reflective screens and creases aren&#8217;t the only concerns with foldable PCs. (credit: Scharon Harding)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<table class=\"specifications right\" width=\"400\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left\" colspan=\"4\"><strong>Specs at a glance: HP Spectre Foldable 17-cs0097nr<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Screen<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">17-inch 1920\u00d72560 OLED touchscreen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>OS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">Windows 11 Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>CPU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">Intel Core i7-1250U<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>RAM<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">16GB LPDDR5-5200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Storage<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Networking<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ports<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">2x Thunderbolt 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Size (folded)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">10.91\u00d77.53\u00d70.84 inches<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Weight (with keyboard)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">3.58 lbs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Battery<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">94.3 Wh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Warranty<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">1 year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Price (MSRP)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tidd.ly\/4a8wlx2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$5,000<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Other<\/strong><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"3\">HP Rechargeable MPP2.0 Tilt Pen, Bluetooth keyboard, and HP Envy USB-C Hub included<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Although foldable smartphones have been available for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/brief-history-folding-phone\">five years<\/a>, the devices are still trying to justify themselves. And after using a foldable-screen laptop as my primary PC for about four weeks, I&#8217;m not sure they&#8217;re ready for prime time.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m leaving my time with <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/09\/hps-5000-spectre-foldable-pc-has-a-lot-to-prove\/\">HP&#8217;s first foldable laptop<\/a> with a sense of anticipation for the future of laptops, which I think would benefit from a resurgence of <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2022\/12\/dont-call-it-a-refresh-the-6-most-adventurous-laptop-designs-of-2022\/\">creative ideas<\/a> that cater to the unique ways people use their computers. But I seriously question if the benefits of having a 17-inch screen in a 12-inch laptop body are worth the trade-offs inherent in today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/09\/the-first-foldable-pc-era-is-unfolding\/\">foldable PCs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Early participants in the foldable laptop world have an opportunity to define the space, while consumers can decide if this is something they even want. HP&#8217;s foldable is the most beefed-up option ever, and weeks of use have shown me a lot about what I want and don&#8217;t want to see when the dust settles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1978971#p3\">Read 44 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1978971&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1978971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I\u2019ve used a foldable laptop for a month, and I\u2019m ready to return to a clamshell<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Reflective screens and creases aren&#8217;t the only concerns with foldable PCs. (credit: Scharon Harding) Specs at a glance: HP Spectre Foldable 17-cs0097nr Screen 17-inch 1920\u00d72560 OLED touchscreen OS Windows 11 Home CPU Intel Core i7-1250U RAM 16GB LPDDR5-5200 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1212044\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1212045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,110],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-1212044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ars-technica","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-ars-technica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1212044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1212044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1212044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1212044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}