This Laptop has NO Laptop Inside - What??

[@AhmedAwad-dm6od]

A laptop without anything but a battery Apple: that's genius! write it down write it down.

[@DragonProtector]

yup lol

[@cosminvalentinoancea2029]

Dont give to Apple that idea,because who knows 😄

[@DragonProtector]

@@cosminvalentinoancea2029 to late they already are discussing it for 2022 launch

[@bigspade187]

It will cost about 700 to 800 dollars

[@עומרגור-ק2ד]

And take 999$ for it

[@FleaOnMyWiener]

_Uses laptop as a headphone jack dongle for a phone that already has a built in headphone jack_

[@royk7712]

Insert *modern problems require modern solutions meme* here

[@login11111]

We could all pretend to look like those people that write horrible blog articles on MacBooks at Starbucks coffee huts, Cool!!

[@squidwardo7074]

Also uses $900 phone with a $150 laptop

[@xthomas7621]

dumpster fire Beats not having a laptop

[@Sunny-zh6go]

@@xthomas7621 big brain

[@cafkn3664]

Schools are gonna love this laptop with literally 0 ram

[@MaxCE]

XD

[@LordSplynter]

Lmaoo

[@naustinfipecto6104]

So true, they'd invest in all these laptops but they will still not allow phone usage in school.

[@christophermchugh7887]

@@naustinfipecto6104 That is because of the privacy and security issues that phones create in an environment that can have upwards of 30 individuals with their own stories all in one room

[@naustinfipecto6104]

@@christophermchugh7887 I didn't need this. I commented that because you would need a phone for the computer in the video and I was saying how schools would purchase this even though phones aren't allowed in schools rendering the device useless. Explaining a joke sucks. 😔

[@paradigmshift7758]

Remember when Windows 8 was gonna be this? lol.

[@real2w10]

Frick Windows 8.

[@thewoodweldingfabricator9300]

I had a windows phone with 8, dropped it for a galaxy.

[@real2w10]

TsunamicBug Yes I agree with you Windows 8.1 is good, but Windows 8 RTM is crap.

[@wisniewskifamily2232]

Windows 8 wasn't bad

[@thewoodweldingfabricator9300]

@@wisniewskifamily2232 it was better than ME or Vista.

[@YouAreBreathing]

Me when Linus picked up this laptop: "Don't drop the phone. Don't drop the phone." * Cameraman zooms into dangling phone *

[@AliShuktu]

Who's been looking for some... *HORRORS* !!!??

[@sebbe91]

2:31 haha

[@slykhajiit2]

Yea, it wasn't actually the camera man

[@jb34304]

8:33 Linus could of at least let a dickbutt joke _slide_ in there :P

[@LegoPlayerPlays]

Well I was surprised it didn't as Linus has a severe case of "Dropping expensive stuff"

[@AnonGolden]

Here's what's gonna happen: People will say nah Everyone will forget about it In a few years, Apple will release their own People will go mad about it and it will become the new standard

[@jcast25]

And apple will say it is the world's first.

[@user-hi6gw4jb6d]

@@jcast25 If apple will be the first to make it famous in public, they will be the first to make it. Experimental tech and conecpts already exist for tech in the future, but the one who makes it publically known is the key player.

[@jcast25]

@@user-hi6gw4jb6d found the apple fanboy.

[@user-hi6gw4jb6d]

@@FloridianCaesar Apple is still the most valuable company worldwide.

[@jcast25]

@@user-hi6gw4jb6d completely irrelevant to the topic being discussed.

[@greatshadowdude]

4:32 oh, so this thing is a super dongle.

[@Krigalishnikov]

Optimal 👍

[@InfernosReaper]

basically. It's a convenient package and that's about it. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, but the core components seem to kinda suck. The Bleh keyboard and bad track pad kinda drag down the portable battery bank and monitor aspects.

[@Gosuminer]

I've always loved the concept, in fact long before manufacturers were offering any such devices. It solves the problem of data synchronization, learning different OSses and having to upgrade your laptop while saving quite some resources used for CPU, GPU, RAM and flash storage. I would argue that the USB-C connector should be on the right and the touch screen of the smartphone should be usable as a touchpad. I know the typical LTT viewer is not just a casual user but most people are and other than having to plug in your phone there is no downside for them.

[@danieleckert3508]

with samsung phones, you can actually use the phone as trackpad when connected to any monitor via DEX

[@keithmooore]

This is a dream!

[@300fans]

I'm proud of you, Linus. You went a whole video without dropping anything.

[@TheCustomFHD]

He cut it out xD the phone at 0:12 dropped many times safe xD

[@charackthe]

I waited for it to drop...

[@iz723]

He dropped a doctor who reference

[@brazeiar9672]

Drop tips only drops stuff that is too expensive for his audience to afford to buy and drop for themselves.

[@TrioLOLGamers]

You forgot 0:32

[@fabriziosobenes4276]

"It's a laptop, but it's not a laptop" - Apple's iPad Pro 2020

[@weeksweeks9552]

Oof

[@horst3033]

Ist the iPad Pro a Laptop? Apple: ”Well yes, but actually no!“

[@thany3]

The macbook is barely a laptop, nevermind the ipad...

[@lucasklaassen135]

The iPad is a tablet. The Surface Pro and similar devices are laptops. If you want a laptop, get a Surface etc. , but don’t expect it to be a tablet. If you don’t need laptop functionality, get an iPad, but don’t expect it to be a laptop. Windows isn’t made for touchscreen, even with its crappy tablet mode, and iPadOS isn’t made to act like a laptop.

[@halosrusty]

Why not , Apple removes everything so makes sense they’ll get rid of the processor hard drive and everything else

[@earthwormjim3]

"Ah yes, talk dirty to me, caterpillar man!" Whoever you are, you already won us over.

[@AliShuktu]

_"Oh you little slotty multy card reader, I will insert all my giant SD cards without reading any manuals!"_

[@JessieJamesTan]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@brian5271]

AliShuktu 😳😳😳👀

[@figloalds]

"What if we sold a laptopless laptop?" Coorporate business: :O :O :O

[@DragonProtector]

so i can see apple doing this then rest of companies following

[@macncheese3169]

True

[@Stone_624]

"So you can stick it to the phone manufacturers and still use your existing headphones with your phone. through a laptop." Best Adaptor Ever.

[@sickofit95]

*adaptop

[@xpeterson]

*dongle

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

I can't wait to see that with a recycled logic board from dated phones not so far off like 2015 so it can do basic like word or youtube or light gaming and using sim cards for it. Ok i am saying i like it as a laptop but nice way to recycled a logic board and keep e waste down.

[@Lillylafrog]

Buys dongle Thinks its too big... Buys a laptop that runs off your phone Ah that's better

[@getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917]

Optimal.

[@squirtle88]

Linus: 4:11 "theres no firmware" also Linus: hits the bottom like you could hear the lack of firmware inside

[@muuubiee]

The touchpad can't be analog, so there's definitely firmware.

[@BradCage]

True, there is definitely firmware. However there is no way to update it. It won't boot from a USB, and there is no update interface

[@connormccloy9399]

Linus himself is very intelligent, but if you prefer substance over style you’ll have to look elsewhere.

[@Ib_h7]

@@connormccloy9399 agreed - this is a trend with a lot of ltt content last 2 years, do you think writers are potentially to blame?

[@connormccloy9399]

@@Ib_h7 I think Linus made a decision a long time ago to emphasize the entertainment factor and broad audience appeal. This explains why Linus Tech tips titles are more annoying clickbait than intriguing clickbait. These things let Linus' channels get bigger than something like Gamers Nexus or Hardware Unboxed ever will be.

[@honkhonk8009]

I see potential in it for sure. Imagine bringing your work PC wherever you go and being able to plug it into a UI wherever you go whether it be a library one, a laptop one or in your car. You would have full access to all your files, apps, and more while in the same device that you carry wherever you go without having the pesky struggle of using cloud. We already carry around a phone that in most cases is pretty powerful this just seems practical to be fair

[@donutbedum9837]

Are you allowed to have Linus’ photo as your photo thingymajig

[@Aiden-vj2tg]

You would like tailsOS or any linux distro that can be run on a live usb with persistent storage

[@retrogamer2503]

Yeah, and you can also view movies on a bigger screen or a smaller screen whenever you want without having to transfer it to another device just so both can have the same movie, good idea but a bit too expensive in my opinion

[@ThingMan332]

You battle engi? Regular engi? What's your subclass?

[@rya3190]

​@@Aiden-vj2tg​@Aiden-vj2tg A little late, but you could probably get an rp2040 and/or arduino on a USB C computer and have it as a somewhat "stand alone" computer.

[@kadoodledo]

This is essentially the laptop equivalent of a monitor.

[@ctrainrox5151]

The S20 hanging by only the usb cable raised my anxiety by about 5000%

[@Shedinn]

Same

[@eisenklad]

then you shouldnt watch Linus... he has dropped more expensive stuff

[@3boussgaming481]

I'm sure Samsung is welling to send him a thousand more just to be seen by the viewers of his channel as his personal phone, don't worry.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@eisenklad Yeah, to the point where we know what happened to that 3 monitor laptop thing that disappeared at that one expo. Linus dropped it then hid the evidence

[@JustAGamerAkaIKU]

@@maksrachubik6031 no you're a 10+ bb

[@itsthisguyNeil]

“Check our how the ridge wallet” *noticeably has issues using the wallet*

[@BananenJaeger]

Where do I even put my cash?

[@PixelatedH2O]

@@BananenJaeger In another pocket. Why are you using cash so much though?

[@stoatski9143]

@@BananenJaeger cash is for noobs. And people that still say noob.

[@Execuor]

Cash is still king where I live. It is completely useless to have "wallet" that can't hold cash

[@napalmjack]

@@Execuor same, and not just that cash is King here too where i am but in some cases cards aren't useful at all. I'm in the buying and reselling of guitars and such and in most cases because I buy and sell locally I'm almost always getting cash or a check.

[@brandonbeckius3799]

plugin a laptop into your non-laptop , then daisy chain the non-laptops together infinity until the input lag is absolutely horrendous, then try gaming on it.

[@bloodstreak_og4012]

Is that a challenge?

[@jonathanlilje6869]

I like the idea of a wireless docking platform where your phone can be out of sight. It would make a potential snatch and grab far less traumatic and it would also mean minimal device management. I look forward to seeing how far they take this project

[@InfernosReaper]

"What if there was no dock and it could just be streamed" You mean like running a bluetooth keyboard and a miracast display? EDIT: Or some kind of dongle and external display for if you want to do something that requires a great response rate, because apparently a lot of people have too much lag with miracast. I was mostly just comparing with what Linus said...

[@FarmYardGaming]

Why did I hear stoned

[@no1DdC]

This would require Miracast to work reliably.

[@bensavedbychrist]

Or just put a RaspberryPi nano W in it and install any linux->android remote control app. Just remote into your phone using the lapdock.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@no1DdC Fair enough. That can be hit or miss for people. I don't have many problems, but I don't exactly game on it either...

[@Bloodbound89]

miracast is crap for games x)

[@hunterwowhunterfr7225]

What about the use as a remplacement for the " screen keyboard mice " combo on a cart in datacenter and stuff ? :) You could even use it in your server room Linus !

[@ademiravdic]

Cool idea

[@turbo5546]

I was thinking about that use before I even found this. I had been looking for something like this a few weeks ago when I found it. Funny that LTT reviewed it shortly after.

[@isntitgreatthatgoogleplusa991]

If someone sold that combined with a KVM for a sensible price I'd buy it

[@user-le8ul4nr5t]

It's kind of limiting for datacenter and stuff, it only accepts hdmi, no VGA which is still used by servers

[@hunterwowhunterfr7225]

But then, just add a VGA port, or maybe there's an adapter and then it's great

[@bigmalletman9453]

"you're participating in what could be the future of computing" ... I can't even count how many times I've been burned by that mentality.

[@SandyRiverBlue]

Personally, I think the future is in phone-embedded high-resolution laser projectors. The mouse and keyboard will be projected as well as the screen along a wide range of angles so you don't have to set your phone down just right. Eye-hand-device proprioception can be arrived at through the warmth that the user feels from the laser so that they always "know where their mouse is" without having to look down. Cheaper models will have fewer lasers that rapidly alternate projecting mouse, keyboard and screen and so will have a lower resolution. More expensive models will have dedicated lasers so that everything looks crisp.

[@itsnottimetostop4462]

@@SandyRiverBlue so you mean this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5O3YauvlK-Un5I

[@curtiscruz]

@@someone-wo5nu who hurt you

[@pravda9646]

@@SandyRiverBlue ...seriously? That would be incredibly cumbersome and by the time it becomes comfortable we'll have AR that's much betrer

[@VangaurdTDS]

@@SandyRiverBlue I too read the Mass Effect codex entries.

[@anthonygillette]

Honestly, a portable battery powered screen has one huge advantage for me; taking my switch to a friend’s house and have a fun time. Most portable TVs I’ve found are similarly priced with less battery time and a less protected system. It’s definitely going on my list

[@bradleypariah]

You wake up in the morning from your phone's alarm. Go to work and dock your phone in your work laptop. Answer emails via Outlook, and grab some attached presentations. Take your phone with you to the conference room, dock your phone to a big screen, and open the presentation you downloaded. People give you notes, which you add directly to the presentation file, undock your phone, and take it all with you. When you get home, dock your phone to a laptop to finish writing that response you've been thinking up for your friend's post on social media. Maybe have a video call with some friends and family. Go for a walk, snap some pics. Get home, take your phone into the living room, and dock it to your TV or projector to watch a slide show. Play some video games from a Bluetooth gamepad, and maybe watch some Netflix. Take the phone to the bedroom and set the alarm. Your whole digital life on one single device. No more moving photos from desktop to laptop to phone. No more managing multiple music libraries. No more thumb drives. This could be seriously cool.

[@UnboxingChina]

pray for your phone plug, hope it can stand the frequent plugging. lol

[@PistolPete1980]

bradleypariah and if someone calls you?

[@bradleypariah]

@@PistolPete1980 Do Not Disturb when necessary.

[@onceuponaban]

@@PistolPete1980 Wouldn't be any more disruptive than a normal phone call would be, I'd wager. Ideally you'd be able to use the phone as normal even while plugged in to the "laptop" and just pick it up for a call. Also you'd need your cord to be long enough. If not, it's still the same device sending data to the screen, you could just unplug it during the call and plug it back in to resume your work or other activity.

[@bradleypariah]

​@RpM_Evan - I know what you mean. There's a lot of interoperability between Macs and iPhones, but that's also kind of the point. To do as I'm suggesting, you would need an iPhone, *_and_* a MacBook, *_and_* AppleTVs, *_and_* iCloud, yada, yada, yada. If there were some universal standard for docking/tethering, everything would live on one single device. Those devices would be far less expensive than having MacBooks and AppleTVs everywhere. The phone would be the master device, rather than how it is now, where you need to AirDrop or cloud transfer heavy duty stuff to your MacBook when you need to get real work done.

[@likilike501]

This product could be theoreticly be used in your personal rack for accessing all of your servers with some kind of display and usb switch in one.

[@sarahrau1441]

Just get a kvm

[@2cexam]

great concept can be sold for more

[@King0Mir]

If you have a server rack, then you're better off to get a rack mounted monitor + keyboard.

[@GaMeR11sHoT]

"it's like a cat's tongue or sharks skin" thanks i know how to measure this now because somehow im familiar with sharks skin.

[@xenonram]

That's why he gave two examples. Derp. Most everyone has felt one or the other.

[@josh8106]

Aaron the cat licks the owner. If you’ve ever fed a cat anything you would know what a cats tongue feels like.

[@chupasaurus]

@@aaronuw Even less have touched a shark

[@ajddavid452]

@@josh8106 I did, and it's a weird feeling

[@deoxal7947]

@@ajddavid452 I haven't, but I've heard it's like sandpaper and I haven't touched a cat's tongue either so I can't compare. Wouls you say that's right?

[@kakouhai7162]

0:32 The phone was spared from Linus' clumsiness

[@RoswelliVideos]

"It's usable, but then, so is a car that only goes backwards." Okay, that was hilarious. I burst out laughing at that one for some reason.

[@brazeiar9672]

German tanks can only drive to Poland.

[@TheLucidDreamer12]

@@brazeiar9672 Russian tanks can only drive to Germany

[@brazeiar9672]

@@TheLucidDreamer12 In Soviet Russia the Germans are driven into Russian tanks :p

[@RR-uc1wb]

Braze IAR Soviet tanks can only drive to Germany.

[@TheLucidDreamer12]

@@RR-uc1wb American tanks drive everywhere except America.

[@TheTaiji]

2:52 are we just gonna ignore the fact that he knows how shark skins feels like?

[@dealatzero4442]

a cats tounge is kinda weird too

[@geli95us]

@@dealatzero4442 nah, that's a thing you're gonna know if you have had a cat or have watched enough hentai

[@waterguy1744]

@@geli95us Ah fuck😔

[@Sooparch]

Yeah just ignore it

[@RobertSanz1]

yeah. I'm curious to know that linus story.

[@amelcia001]

I remember that back in a day ASUS had a “padphone” you had the option to stick your phone to the back of a screen to have a large android tablet and there was a proper aluminium dock with battery etc to transform it to a android laptop .

[@manaspradhan8041]

Ahh yes that was a different era, manufacturers other than apple were actually trying to sell tablets

[@dat_one_boi_9879]

@@manaspradhan8041 what about Samsung and Motorola and LG

[@Montisaquadeis]

Oh yeah I use to drool over those things and then add the keyboard in for even longer battery life. I really wish that concept would come back with a proper desktop mode like Samsung Dex onboard that way you don't have to have the phone dangling off the edge of the device like in this or other similar docks but have it all in a single integrated device.

[@Dannybluegill]

I had a Padfone S... Loved it so much. The entire Padfone lineup was so much fun. I miss when phones had fun concepts and gimmicks

[@WestHaddnin]

Literally said that 1 minute into the video lol

[@sebastiankutter3630]

I think most people (NexDock included) are missing a ke market for this: sysadmins. Just imagine how convenient it is to be able to set up computers or servers without having to bring out your monitor, keyboard and mouse all the time. For setting up raspberry pis it could be amazing too. Most people don't have a spare monitor (or any if they just have a laptop) so the easy way to set one up would be to borrow someone's NexDock and using that for the setup.

[@laggynacho]

android emulator players be like: finally an upgrade

[@autohmae]

What I'm wondering, can't we just have Android run a Linux container with ChromeOS ?

[@Soken50]

@@autohmae I can't imagine it's all too efficient but might theoretically work maybe

[@autohmae]

@@Soken50 It's a container, not a VM. So only inefficiency would be some increased memory usage because Android and ChromeOS don't share libraries. If you have a /dev/ file which represents a second GPU/screen that would be ideal.

[@em5345-]

Me: *oh god Pokey escaped*

[@TheBackyardChemist]

@@autohmae I think if you root your phone, it is not too hard to run a distro with chroot. I managed to start linux way back on an Android Gingerbread (2.something) phone. PS: No wifi though.

[@SProductions166]

07:29 WHOEVER EDITED IN THAT WONDERFUL WORD DOCUMENT DESERVES TO BE THE NEXT LINUS

[@onebraincellshort8055]

Linus: "Let's get back in the TARDIS"........So LTT is bigger on the inside.

[@thethunderant9208]

Linus Tardis Tips

[@cheetahkid]

and come round to me for Tea, we can chat.

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Linus is a Time Lord. It makes sense.

[@jans.8831]

@@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep He is the Timeless Child

[@SGprooo]

7:58

[@silversonic1]

I honestly hope the industry will come up with a standard and give us scalable options for these. Motorola made a premium Lapdock as well that had more accessories built in, like a webcam, memory card reader, and so on. Other manufacturers even made a tablet dock, which I always thought was awesome, but was clearly far more proprietary. Long story short, options are good. They always will be. The more adaptable technology gets, the better. And maybe you're like me and you write better when you have a physical keyboard. Just like docking a laptop made the laptop experience better, docking a phone should as well.

[@hexd0t]

"There is no firmware" - of course there is a firmware, just like a modern mouse or keyboard has one. It may not be user-upgradeable, but there are very few electronic devices without a microcontroller nd by extension firmware anymore.

[@danielschroedinger2090]

The very fact that you are usually not expected (and sometimes not able) to change it is what makes it "firm" in the first place.

[@hector665]

I bet it's possible to update the firmware via phone in the future.

[@Mushiwushii]

funny 'cause they had a techquickie about this recently too

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

He means it's ROM firmware if it was writable then it won't be secure to share devices with ya phone

[@Roxor128]

Even the original IBM PC's keyboard had firmware. It used an Intel 8048 microcontroller to read the keys and send serial data to the PC.

[@Fatty420]

"This is a little awkward." Linus at every encounter with a human.

[@AoTheMighty]

You mean: every human in contact with linus?

[@hypr3796]

@Christian William just no

[@mikepeter1323]

0:49 look like the video was cut because it was impossible to get the card back in place. ^^

[@builder396]

This thing would probably be ideal for people who regularly use Raspberry Pis, especially several of them, since a NexDock is literally a full set of I/O devices without a computer inside, and a Raspberry Pi is a Computer without any I/O, so it would be an ideal basis for a device to just put stuff on or take stuff off of Pis relatively easily without having to hook up an individual mouse, keyboard and screen at the same time, nevermind being confined to a power outlet due to the screen alone.

[@Hakeraiden]

4:50 Never saw an upside down hdmi input on a laptop

[@dside_ru]

...and you still haven't, in a way.

[@kingsamvisuals]

D:\side\ haha

[@xm2895]

D:\side\ plz explain

[@julianlobo9753]

@@xm2895 Well, it isn't a laptop after all

[@GoEvenHarder]

This guy bet his whole life on that cable, Jesus

[@andrewcool4587]

?

[@SapioiT]

@@andrewcool4587 in the beginning, when the phone was dangling by the caple.

[@Lovestone_blind]

@@andrewcool4587 he thinks his phone is his life......

[@dumpsterdawg]

It has a headphone jack so you can plug a phone into it and listen to your music.... So basically the 2020 version of a 1980's boombox.

[@jao69420]

ltt: This Laptop has NO Laptop Inside chromebooks: i'll take your entire stock

[@theramendutchman]

What would you install chrome OS to, then? Also there are good chromebooks, schools just don't buy them.

[@anthonynorton666]

That doesn't make any sense🤨

[@jao69420]

@@anthonynorton666 cuz some chromebooks are laptops with tablet pieces

[@zn10999]

5:54 Drag to snap failed, we gonna get 'em next time

[@Raphaelwelingston]

0:59 This is so akward to see the title pop into your native language while you specificly watch a video in english XD !

[@MathieuTechMoto]

@lollothecreeper Bah oui

[@kalucky0]

Same but I don't speak

[@polystyrene5612]

J'ai rien a dire mais voilà

[@bbaovanc]

I don’t know French but by context I can guess it means something like “It’s not a laptop”.

[@JSMEsq]

Raphael welingston what does it mean?

[@i_am_scray]

When I saw the position of the phone on 0:12, my heart went *oof*

[@TechieZeddie]

Does it work with a desktop PC? As someone who fixes a lot of PCs and servers, I always wanted something like this: a portable monitor, keyboard, and trackpad (laptop like package). I can quickly plug a PC to it just to get video and control it to fix it, then move to the next machine. Having to bring a keyboard, mouse, and monitor is cumbersome. Basically a portable "crash cart" if you know what that is in the server/Enterprise world.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"This is a laptop, but it's not a laptop" _Must be a glitch in the Matrix_

[@spiderman233]

Sometimes i think you are a sentient AI which purpose is to comment on every YT video on existence.

[@salmanazam9444]

3:53 "Unfortunately, the trackpad... Well, its useable, but then so is a car that only goes backwards." 😁😁 Well put, Linus. Well put.

[@papita_vTuberFan]

Well tbh i've never had a pleasant experience using trackpads. It's always a last resort for me

[@Katzelle3]

@@papita_vTuberFan Try the one on the Macbook. It's almost like using a touchscreen.

[@jwil4286]

papita69xxx huh. My trackpad experience is hit-or-miss. Might I ask what laptops you’ve used a trackpad on?

[@salmanazam9444]

@@jwil4286 A Dell Latitude E6420 and an HP-15 Notebook (i3 6th gen - 2015-16 i think)... I haven't used many of them so I can't really feel bad about my experience of laptop trackpads...

[@mikester1290]

4:37 "That's not a dongle... This is a dongle!"

[@rashadrampersad5903]

what is

[@epicgaming11195]

Rashad Rampersad the laptop

[@royk7712]

is this thing considered a dongle with monitor?

[@Preinstallable]

This existed in the 80’s, they were called dumb terminals.

[@LordSandwichII]

They weren't quite as portable though.

[@favouritesdump]

@@20blog28 Work on that sense of humor.

[@mrdespondency6598]

Has it got a speaker?

[@mrdespondency6598]

@@20blog28 point being that this screen/port thing, isn't quite a dumb terminal.

[@deidyomega]

we used to call them crash carts, because they were used when the server crashed.

[@Khyree_Holmes]

0:30 Linus: "....The future of Computing....." (it dangles by the USB -C Port) Me: "Don't let it dangle let that, that phone costs more than my whole Room!"

[@glad5409]

The phone costs more than me lol

[@onemadmuppet]

So, as someone who's spent a lot of times in server rooms, I've always wanted a laptop with HDMI IN. This would work (and work well with my P20 Pro), but it's faaaar too expensive for a monitor + keyboard + battery.

[@Wheelygonzales]

Is it really, though? With the NexDock Touch, you get an HD touchscreen, good battery life, good keyboard, ports, and the build quality rivals that of so many well known brands. All for $229. If you wanted an actual computer that has these same features, you're looking at close, if not more than, $1000. Even then, you're not getting very good performance out of it.

[@onemadmuppet]

@@Wheelygonzales Thank you for your sales pitch. Yes, it's really though.

[@daniell5740]

@@Wheelygonzales you can buy a chrome book.or a tablet that does the same exact stuff for less lol

[@Wheelygonzales]

@@daniell5740 No, you can't. Chromebooks are a full computer. You don't get that with the NexDock. It has different purposes than what a regular laptop offers.

[@lucaswilson3045]

Try using a USB capture card if you wanna output video to your laptop. Doesn't really help with KVM tho

[@AceMcCrank]

One thing that was left out on this: Users save money over a SIM-enabled Chromebook by not having to pay a monthly data plan by using this.

[@xenonram]

Do chromebooks that have a sim slot, not also have Wi-Fi? I can't see that being true.

[@AceMcCrank]

@@xenonram Yes, they have WiFi. But, most people have a cap on their monthly HotSpot data on their phone, and you won't always have access to WiFi outside your cell phone. I don't even have HotSpot on my device because I'm on a cheaper, unlimited monthly plan. if I wanted to use a Chromebook, I'd need third party WiFi outside my home, or a separate data plan for it, if it supports it.

[@abhishekmaurya3453]

@@AceMcCrank what kind of business tactics is this "cap on mobile hotspot" WTF🤷‍♂️. In my country there is literally no cap on hotspot you can use your data in any way you want. If you have 100GB can use all 100GB as hotspot. I don't know why US carriers are so bad at this. No wonder internet speeds are very bad compared to many other countries.

[@CrypticConsole]

@@abhishekmaurya3453 it depends on os support so...

[@AceMcCrank]

@@abhishekmaurya3453 Well, I mean, any time they get money from the government to upgrade the infrastructure, they end up just dividing it among their higher-ups as bonuses and nothing happens beyond that. It is a real problem here in the states, yes. But in the meantime, this ends up being a solution for a problem that exists, even though it shouldn't exist.

[@Gerard-oo8os]

Wait. So this is like a portable keyboard and screen for a phone that is bundled up together to look like a laptop? That’s kinda cool!

[@danielbelokon]

Fully expected the video to start with: "Hey, VSauce, Linus here. This is not a laptop... or, is it? *Cue music*"

[@hakemrayan9795]

5min later... what is a laptop

[@casey6556]

Hakem Ryan 10 mins after that “So really, maybe ‘lap’ doesn’t actually mean anything.”

[@Grolboy]

That was a oppertunitie well mised

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

@@casey6556 …"but what does it mean to 'mean' something?"

[@harsdensus88]

Apple gonna "Innovate" it into Apple i DockBook Air Pro XR Ultimate

[@manaspradhan8041]

I mean to be fair, I don't imagine this startup being very sustainable without any marketing

[@jimkoutso2008]

And going to cost 50000 dolars

[@martinrafaj6096]

And they will say it WORLD FIRST

[@DarthGTB]

Ah yes. _Processor sold separately_

[@wta1518]

@@martinrafaj6096 "5G just got real" even though it has been supported on most major phones for about 2 years now.

[@ThisNameWasntTaken]

love how they had trouble putting the cards back into the wallet so they quickly cut back to the video😂

[@tobythethird5694]

Yea who want a heavy piece of metal in his pocket

[@yeshuayeeyee7430]

Just get it on Ali to see how shit they are lol

[@5punkybob]

I got a fake one.. best wallet (card holder) I have ever owned. Clearly whoever was doing the demo was useless.. Weighs less then my old leather wallet and is WAY more convenient.

[@KevRumm]

I love my chinese clone aswell, used for 3 years now. I was sure it would break with in a week, but it looks just bit used but best wallet ever.

[@ellooku]

7:47 When Linus tells a company to upgrade.

[@ianlehman8342]

I remember having an Atrix 4G. I'm very fond of it for it being my first phone, but it was very much like every other phone that made Motorola so well reputed for cutting-edge features and such a popular brand. It had a fingerprint reader, dual-core processor, HD (720p) camera and screen display long before almost the entire market for smartphones, and it well outlasted most other phones from the time.

[@knightsljx]

7:29 right, the future, where we definitely wouldn't have any security concerns plugging in our phones into a random device in a random cafe

[@cm01]

I think it'd be similar concerns to an ATM. It's not like people can put a syskey on the microcontroller of the keyboard, you'd see extra hardware if there was anything fishy going on.

[@PartisanGamer]

What actual concern do people still have after willingly giving away pretty much every bit of information there is about you to a number of megacorporations that control every network and produce every bit of hardware you use?

[@Sundara229]

PartisanGamer that a random stranger steals my banking information?

[@Shunit]

Funny you think most people will care about their data. People give up their information very easily

[@PartisanGamer]

@@Sundara229 how about dont have unencrypted banking information on a mobile phone then?

[@Sloppyjoe96]

i’ve always imagined the future being everyone just docking their phone to different stations like one device that handles all your gaming and work.

[@ChaosBW]

A phone cannot play real games Not even Minecraft It can only play a downgraded mobile version

[@Sloppyjoe96]

Meme Machine i mean i did say future, but your probably right unless they completely stop developing new pc hardware phones wont ever catch up, oh and touch controls are the devil lol

[@conor4142]

@@Sloppyjoe96 'Scuse me? I'm running Kali Linux on my phone playing PC Minecraft at a smooth 50-60 FPS over the worst of it.

[@1elmasbergas]

You're right, that's the future, and the cloud-powered games over your phone

[@batfan1939]

The iPhone 50 won't even have a screen! It's a 6.8-inch motherboard that connects via NFC and Bluetooth to one of these.

[@Oberkaptain]

My wife uses DEX as her desktop, she only uses her S20 Ultra for everything, she mostly just watches videos and uses Office which DEX does perfectly. I think for most people a DEX type system is all they would ever need for daily computing.

[@davithehuman4432]

2069: this phone has no phone inside

[@mintymatt777]

more like 2030 if we all dont die from corona that is

[@av28379]

Lol that would happen alot earlier.

Weren't there already concepts where the compute module was a smart watch and the phone was just a wireless touch screen?

[@jaouadharmouchi7465]

Immagine the sex Fiesta in that year

[@davithehuman4432]

@@jaouadharmouchi7465 i won't. I doubt that's gonna happen.

[@JakeHarris0]

I have been looking for something just like this for a long time. I can't wait until it gets better in the next version. This is great for admins working on servers.

[@MihkelKukk]

wow, man, now that you mentioned it... This is amazing for that! starting to think on getting one myself now as well just for the same purpose.

[@iimuHgousT]

2:18 casually has the complete set of Dragon Balls in a dish on the table.

[@nestormoctezuma4695]

Tim1151 wow, that’s awesome, great eye Tim

[@adwaitgoku27]

All Linus needed to do was summon Shenron.

[@SunnyWu]

The USB-C port and microSD card slot seems like perfect spots where a lot of manufacturers use to update firmware...

[@dufusbrigade]

Indeed. But if there is no storage for firmware inside the device, then there's no firmware to update. Leads me to believe that the phone controls the hardware instead, making the lapdock an extension of the phone. Wild concept here.

[@DoctorX17]

I can imagine using this a lot with pi setups that usually run headless, but maybe end up being unreachable wirelessly, so you can just walk up and plug this guy in and get it working again.

[@lodgin]

Yup, I have an old laptop I use as a kind of server. I leave the thing running, lid closed in the corner but a couple of days ago a system update corrupted the OS and it was the best thing ever being able to just open the lid and fix it manually. Imagine having to setup a screen, keyboard, etc just to fix it then take it apart again. For headless servers, having this.. laptop-terminal type gadget could do wonders. It was the laptop form factor that made me choose a laptop-server over an intel nuc.

[@DoctorX17]

@@lodgin plus you kept something useful out of the eWaste pile and didn't spend more money! All around win

[@ibrahel1]

" i want portable wireless touchscreen monitor so i can play pc game at outside and at my bed 😂 "

[@paulelderson934]

Go on any long flight and you wish you had this

[@xfox360]

@@paulelderson934 or just use a real laptop

[@paulelderson934]

If you already own a decent laptop, there's no need to even look at this product in the first place. It's for the people who don't want to spend 600-700 dollar every 4 years, but still want the portability.

[@bentneckbaby]

@@xfox360 I travel a shitton internationally but my decent laptop is just too heavy + no tray holds it comfortably (14.5 inch) . I really only need to edit photos and write copy on the go, so this is a pretty great / specific tool.

[@bentneckbaby]

@Herus No a last gens Razerrblade 15. Believe it or not international flights to Asia have smaller trays than domestic (US). And if you sit at bulkhead a lot like I do you don't even get half of that! I switched to a GPD win 2 for a bit but it was unintuitive for photo editing

[@anmoldureja4247]

Damn props to that cafe advert man Cool Concept !

[@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep]

Yes!!! It'd be so good if you have work to do at that time or if you just want a bigger screen for content.

[@B33t_R007]

that was really the most compelling use case. i also like the idea of having one device for all, but somehow this is not as useful anymore as it would have been years ago. most of the things just sync anyway, using google account. but having these "dumb"-laptops laying arround for use is really something worth exploring. just a few devices in a restaurant would probably do, you could just snatch one if you got something to do where you need a bigger screen and keyboard.

[@GroudFrank]

The day we can wirelessly connect a phone to a device like this in a performant manner is the day this will revolutionize portable computers.

[@SFStransit]

It’s almost like your phone IS a computer. Shocker.

[@aliechchachoui3815]

"This is not a laptop" Of course its not, its a waching machine

[@solarshado]

"a waching machine" I'm not sure if you were going for "washing machine" or "watching machine"...

[@aliabdallah102]

@@solarshado yes

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

@@solarshado Same here...😅

[@tanishpatki4711]

@@solarshado correkt

[@dhillon5660]

Nah bro it's a Coffee machine

[@thepgo666]

"theres no firmware" you know the touchpad controller has a fimware in it?

[@M16A3ACOG]

Not necessarily. Do you think there's any firmware in a mouse?

[@M16A3ACOG]

Nope, you're wrong. Mouses, at least the cheap ones, are usually one-chip devices where all you have to do is connect a USB, buttons and an LED/laser diode. You don't program anything, you can configure some things like vendor ID, but that's it, everything is hardware-defined. Actually, most digital chips aren't programmable - the only things you program are microcontrollers and not all devices have them.

[@TheBackyardChemist]

@@M16A3ACOG A µSD card has FW tho

[@pleappleappleap]

@@M16A3ACOG Yes. A lot of mice have firmware.

[@ggman1254]

@@M16A3ACOG One chip devices can contain Firmware on that one chip.

[@SinceSpacies]

"talk dirty to me caterpillar" WTF? LOL

[@AliShuktu]

That's depicts what modern writers would write nowadays in a Caffe.

[@waruuum]

That had me actually laughing out loud. :D

[@gavwrecker]

AH YES

[@AaronTechnic]

This would be pretty cool. You guys may think that I'm dumb, but if you owned a small desktop PC or a full size desktop PC, you can easily connect it to the laptop and use it with more ports

[@farishanafiah8461]

Yes, you can definitely do that no problem at all.

[@llynellyn]

"just a screen, keyboard, trackpad and some ports and a battery" - So it's 25% more laptop than a Macbook then :P

[@justaguywhocares4478]

First thought at the start of the video, "schrodinger's laptop".

[@missingno2401]

only one way to find out

[@theumbrellaman2954]

Oh this is actually a pretty sweet product. I was wondering when someone would use the idea of USB OTG and just make a clamshell like this for the phone to be the laptop.

[@KindOldRaven]

This is actually a lot cooler than I thought it'd be.

[@LuisFernando-jk8id]

I love this concept so much and will definetely be looking forward for the next version of this

[@usamahhoosen3593]

couldnt take my eyes off the dangling phone in the intro :I

[@loliconsean9016]

It’d be awesome to use this with a phone running Linux like the pinephone but more powerful

[@imerence6290]

The holy Grail

[@CommodoreFan64]

That would be great just wish it had a USB C dock in the back so your phone stands vertical behind the screen, and not a cable hanging off the side for some one to swipe.

[@cillianhenry677]

Well actually Android is based on linux so....but a full linux expérience like the fedora distro I agree :)

[@jon9947]

For a brief moment Dex actually had linux, and all the linux on Dex fans are going to hate on me for saying it, but it kinda sucked. Linux didnt suck, just Samsungs version of it. It was good for a tab or two of browsing, but anything more than that and it got rather slow. With that being said, there is Userland for Android, that will get you linux on a phone.

[@jeetadityachatterjee6995]

This. This right here is awesome.

[@FacuuLemaa]

You could also connect a Mac Pro when you're home and get a hell of a performance on a laptop-like device, and if needed, you could unplug it and take it in your backpack along with your cellphone to wherever you wanted, so that's kinda cool

[@schroederxleon]

i think a phone with ubuntu touch would fit perfectly to that "notebook"

[@balsoft01]

If only Canonical didn't cancel it.

[@schroederxleon]

​@@balsoft01 it is still in development, ubports took over the project

[@balsoft01]

@@schroederxleon it's mostly just security backports and minimal ui tweaks.

[@ragilmalik]

You know, if you already have a laptop or PC and an android phone, you can just download "scrcpy" from github and control your phone via cable (without root) or wirelessly (root required). All things work in Linux, except audio in windows. But hey if you set up free ddns for your router at home, configure static ip for your phone, you can control your phone from anywhere on earth. One useful example is I leave my old LG G5 at home and install Linux on it (via andronix on playstore, no root required) and I now have both windows and Linux anywhere I go without the hassle of dualbooting. VERY very useful as I am both a multimedia freelancer (adobe ganks) and a developer.

[@TodorKatsarski]

Why this is the first time I hear about Andronix?!? Thank you!!!

[@MrJleonp]

Control your phone remotely!(?) Is not the main point of a mobile phone the fact that you can carry it around with you? So you can use it anywhere in the world without even needing another device to connect to it? Why not just leave a PC for remote control? How will SCRCPY give a sec/desktop like experience? Why would you want to connect to the phone tethered if you can simply use it? To avoid reaching it on your pocket?

[@OTechnology]

SFF PC Enthusiasts: *HEAVY BREATHING*

[@sangwonpark8967]

Finally! An actually portable laptop with an RTX 2080 TI

[@edmundyung]

I've been waiting for these sort of product for some time. Hope that other manufactures such as Asus will slap a 144hz 15" screen on it.

[@cactusmanbwl1990]

The exact thing I just thought. throw a good 144hz panel on it and I'd buy one in an instant.

[@bosunhiggs9708]

I'll be using it as a "KVM." I set up video servers for TV stations. And many of them are low-end cable access places that did not plan for a real KVM and console. Besides, they'll interact with the rig via its HTML interface from elsewhere. But during setup, I need direct connection to configure, pull the Teamviewer numbers, etc. Nexdock will be perfect. That's a pretty niche application, but it fits my needs perfectly.

[@sylvainfrancoeur5905]

Finally something i was waiting for, for a long time. At work, we do have a lot of mini pc (without monitor,keyboard and mouse) that gather data from building equipement and most of the time, they are in big panels and they are hard to access. With that thing, that will make it so easier to repair and maintain those mini pc when we lose our desktop connection.

[@tareqn.gaming1622]

Are you using wireless connections?

[@sylvainfrancoeur5905]

@@tareqn.gaming1622 No wireless connection are often not usuable because we have to place to mini pc in a metal box fireproof and locked and often, those boxes are near electric panel that make lots of noice. So wireless is kinda not working (wifi and zigbee)

[@casperunnerup]

I would love this as a second display to my laptop. so that I can use the laptop in a more stable configuration for drawing with a pen on it. Because this would also give me access to a keyboard at the same time

[@Jasenz]

Thinking same thing. Not a bad price for touch screen external monitor i work with some headless machines this would be very handy. At the price

[@nickthaskater]

Sounds like you want a Huion Kamvas Pro 12 pen tablet.

[@Zom13y]

I ripped the monitor out of a busted laptop and turned it into a second monitor for my brothers laptop as a gift because I'm cheap.

[@Miles300s]

@@Jasenz The touch screen variant comes in July. The current one doesn't have that.

[@Jasenz]

@@Miles300s yep current one is out of stock only offering pre orders for the next ver compared to some usb screens ive looked at this is pretty well priced

[@wusong75]

Looking at the interface of this device, It seems can connect to traditional desktop computer, such as windows PC or Mac Mini. I don’t know if this device has a full function USB-C port. In this way, a PC with a RTX graphics card with USB-C port or a device such as Mac Mini that contain Thunderbolt 3 port that can connect to this device using only ONE USB-C cable to transmit video signals and keyboard touchpad controls. If this contains VGA input, then this device is very suitable for server room maintenance.

[@Montisaquadeis]

AKA its likely a USB V3.1 port AKA NOT TB3 so no ability to hook up thunderbolt devices like all those EGPU docks out there.

[@henu8638]

I just now discovered this as I was thinking how much in a mess I'd be if my phone's screen broke. Ofc you can get it repaired, but often times that's very expensive and it can take some time. This sort of backup option, in addition to all the other use case scenarios, is very appealing to me.

[@AkhilsaiNo1]

It's just a powerbank with a display, keyboard, mouse and.... and usb ports 😂

[@armanelgtron4533]

@@m.o.5291 Or a decent laptop on the used market.

[@IvyMyki]

Try upgrading laptop though

[@IvyMyki]

@@m.o.5291 You miss the point my friend...

[@IvyMyki]

@@m.o.5291I think you're starting to get it

[@IvyMyki]

@@m.o.5291 that's the phone, you really just keep arguing against yourself. Dude pls stop your killing me

[@nathantron]

LINUS! Show us Emulated Windows on a fancy phone on this device and lets see some benchmarks!

[@drewlomax7837]

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[@cxeroannuki2840]

I tihnk you're forgetting that this thing can utilize your cell phone's network connection which is a huge plus.

[@travissmith5994]

... is not being able to do that an iPhone issue? My phone's pull down settings has a hotspot toggle. I turn it on and my laptop automatically connects, using my phone's data plan. I could achieve a similar thing with a USB cable if I didn't want to run the hotspot.

[@robertbernard7844]

@@travissmith5994 Hotspot data caps are a thing. I should know.

[@hkz0278]

@@travissmith5994 I think he meant by unlimited data plans

[@Nosudrum]

like the swiss flag :)

[@balsoft01]

@@robertbernard7844 95% of these data caps are bypassable with a simple TTL change on the connected device. sysctl net.ipv4.ip_default_ttl 63 usually makes your provider think that the packets are coming from your phone. Yes, they think we are this stupid that we can't change our TTL.

[@Momotaro0125]

The thing most people don't think about is convenience. Will you have access to the internet with your laptop while roaming outside? Even in coffee shops, free wifi is hit or miss. There's also many things you can do with it. Use it as a second screen for your main laptop, gaming console, fire sticks, portable PC, etc. Use it as an emergency charger for your phone. Use it as a better form of control for your mobile gaming, especially the FPS genre. It can even be charged from a powerbank, which normal laptops can't. It's so convenience and I love it. I always have it in my backpack along with a 20,000mAh powerbank, where as for my Surface Book, I only bring to classes. Already pre-order the Touch version that has much thinner bezels and can't wait to get it around September.

[@tafifish]

Exactly this! Even if the Lapdock doesen't become popularized, there will still always be a market for the lapdock since it has so many different use cases.

[@tyronedlisle4412]

This is exactly the type of thing I've been looking for. Samsung need this for their flagship phones

[@XMANIAFLYYY]

DeX failed.

[@BlackCenturx]

@@XMANIAFLYYY Dex just got upgraded to be wireless

[@kyled7186]

I would love to see samsung partner with them on this, especially because they already have a formal alliance with windows. It could become what the chromebook was supposed to be, but with windows functionality

[@milokimble5245]

Yes but where the hell can you buy it? Good luck on a purchase.

[@Wrathlon]

Thats actually an amazing idea and this would be awesome for my work :D I do onsite IT, I run my life with my phone and the majority of the time I need a laptop its a case of "My phone can do this but a bigger screen a better mouse would be a big help". It beats a dedicated laptop too because usually all the files I need to do what Im trying to do are usually...on my phone. Being able to do everything on and have it all saved to the device I already use for everything would be a god send. As would the battery life and how thin it is with basically nothing in it. It would also be great for those "I just need some files off it but the screen is broken and I dont have a monitor" jobs that inevitable crop up.

[@arkennoren0]

I could see this as an alternative to those server rack mounted monitor and keyboard combos. I actually was looking into these to possibly connect to a pc using HDMI and just use it as a normal laptop on a bed. I wonder what the future entails...

[@ka-i]

“Okay, Linus Drop Tips is here again with anoth- oh crap.”

[@300fans]

And somehow he doesn't drop anything throughout the entire video...

[@TheCustomFHD]

@@300fans he cut it out xD

[@FanBoyyyyyyyy]

I love how the guy in the ridge wallet ad was struggling to put the card in the wallet it’s like they don’t want to do the ad