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Laptops with vertical screens?

JEDI

JEDI

Lifer
1920 x 1080.
I don't need 1920 horizontal.
I want 1920 vertical.

Any laptops that u can turn the screen vertical?
 
2-in-1s (detachable or foldable) with a stand and a bluetooth KB & mouse. That makes it more of a transpoortable setup though.
 
JEDI said:
what do you mean transportable setup?
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For the vertical setup you need to carry around the laptop, stand, external KB and mouse. And you can't use the vertical mode on an airline tray or your lap.

If you mainly wanted the vertical setup at a couple of locations like home and office, you could buy two each of stand, KB, mouse and leave a set at each location.
 
My sense is that the seat angle to which the tray is attached would not allow the vertical height.
 
JEDI said:
why not?
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You could use it as a tablet with touch interface, but a Yoga type foldable or Surface with type cover or other snap-together only lets you use their normal keyboards horizontally.

If you carried a separate bluetooth keyboard it would have to be some compact model to fit along with the tablet.
 
DaveSimmons said:
You could use it as a tablet with touch interface, but a Yoga type foldable or Surface with type cover or other snap-together only lets you use their normal keyboards horizontally.

If you carried a separate bluetooth keyboard it would have to be some compact model to fit along with the tablet.
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uggg...
any recommendations for cheap tablets with keyboards?
 
Nope. A few things to be careful of:
- The Clover Trail Atom CPU is not getting Windows 10 full updates, just patches - https://arstechnica.com/information...-could-be-ending-early-on-some-intel-systems/
- Some cheap Chinese tablets have iffy installs of Windows. No registration on first boot, updates through them instead of Microsoft, etc. means the license might or might not be legit
- Those no-name tablets might also have spyware pre-installed

If there is a Microsoft Store near you then the tablets they sell should be safe to buy.

A name-brand 2-in-1 like the Surface Pro might also work fine using a bluetooth keyboard in place of its type cover. I have an older Pro for testing apps at work but all my keyboards are USB so I can't try this.
 
Bought a new Amazon fire 8 for $25.
Amazon has a special. No idea how long it was going to last so bought it without knowing anything about it. 😱

800x1200 resolution was the only thing I looked at before buying.
1200 vertical for $25.. why not.

Hopefully there's a cheap eBay keyboard/stand for it
 
The Fire tablets are pretty nice for basic use. They run a custom fork of Android but the specs and build quality are good for the price and they include an SD card slot.
 
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