If you look at the physical, it's increasingly likely that the silicon that's in
a clamshell laptop could be the same as the silicon that's inside a tablet and inside a phone.
Design and Features The Chromebook 14 for Work has the familiar
clamshell laptop form factor, but from the first glance you can tell this one is different.
Under Panay, Microsoft has seen success in the expansion of its Surface devices, which has grown from a single line of convertibles, to a more traditional
clamshell laptop, multiple high - powered 2 - in - 1s and even a giant desktop with an adjustable touchscreen.
People have been forecasting the death of the PC for years, and while all that noise is clearly overblown, there is one segment of the computing world that should probably go away: the traditional
clamshell laptop.
Dell's XPS 15
clamshell laptop has been one of our favorite portable workhorses for a couple of years.
To get the best battery life, eschew a touch screen if you're buying a traditional
clamshell laptop rather than a 2 - in - 1.
Targeting classrooms and students at home, the new Chromebook 5000 series includes both regular
clamshell laptop form - factors and a 2 - in - 1 convertible with 360 - degree hinges.
Dell makes it easy, with a snap - on keyboard dock that transforms the combined system into a traditional
clamshell laptop.
With the keyboard attached, you can treat the T100 as 10 - inch
clamshell laptop, opening and closing it at will.
The extra length makes for an extra-wide bezel in landscape mode; it also allows the Transformer's physical size to match the Mobile Docking Station's, so the two can connect as
a clamshell laptop would.
The two pieces are of matching size, and when you attach the tablet to the hinged dock, the dock flips across the front of the tablet, just as if the combination were any other
clamshell laptop.
It has
a clamshell laptop - like design in which the bottom half is a Wacom touchpad that doubles as a very flat virtual keyboard.
Detachable slate tablets like the Surface Pro 2 give you the flexibility of a system that works like
a clamshell laptop with the ultimate portability of a tablet.
Design and Features The Miix 310 resembles a small
clamshell laptop when closed.
Intel and its partners developed the tablet model, because it is easier to use and carry, as opposed to the more conventional
clamshell laptop design, which is more difficult to use when being held in one hand.
Acer had other laptop news to discuss at its event, such as the E and ES series
clamshell laptops, with prices starting at $ 379 for the E and $ 279 (about # 250) for the ES.
Convertibles (also called 2 - in - 1s) have keyboards that fold around the back, so you can use them either as traditional
clamshell laptops, tablets, or at any position in between.
Something with a 10 - or 11 - inch display feels like the most natural size floor for effective use by Windows 8, and we've seen a good number of products hit that mark, either as standard
clamshell laptops, standalone tablets with optional keyboards, or hybrids that straddle the line between the two.
Not exact matches
The
clamshell design would make it more like a normal
laptop.
And Krzanich reiterated that Bay Trail «
clamshells,» or traditional
laptop designs, with touch enabled screens will appear «at $ 299, which is a new real price point for a touch - enabled devices, so we see it continuing to grow as we enter next year.»
The five positions make the most of different learning environments and include:
clamshell for test scenarios and to use as a
laptop, tent and stand positions to promote collaboration and sharing, and slate configuration for keyboard storage while in tablet mode.
The 10 - inch Yoga Book retains the
clamshell design of the
laptop, and puts a second touch screen where the keyboard is usually placed.
It's a fairly elegant solution that offers that all - important
laptop style
clamshell mechanism.
The front flap can flip up vertically, like a normal
clamshell, or horizontally, like a little
laptop.
And I can keep my
laptop plugged in on my desk in
clamshell mode with external monitors while just unplugging the HyperDrive PRO to work on the go — rather than having to plug / unplug everything each time I want to use it from my desk.
Hybrids are capable of functioning as a traditional
clamshell - style
laptop when you need them to, but can transform into tablets when that's a more convenient form factor.
Simply wedge your thumb or finger under the top of the screen when closed, lift and, as if by Apple - magic, the
laptop opens with no awkward
clamshell fumbles.
Unlike the tech giant's other 2 - in - 1 Surface hardware devices like the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4, the Surface
Laptop does not include a detachable tablet display and instead features a more traditional
clamshell design.
The Surface
Laptop is a 13.5 - inch
clamshell device.
Sporting a more typical
laptop clamshell design, with multiple color options including Platinum, Burgundy, Cobalt Blue and Graphite Gold.
Sporting a more typical
laptop clamshell design, with multiple color options including Platinum, Burgendy, Cobalt Blue and Graphite Gold.
The GPD XD is a
clamshell Android gaming machine, for example, while the GPD Pocket is basically a 7 - inch Windows 10
laptop.
The best touchscreen
laptops aren't locked to 2 - in - 1s and convertibles, but include
clamshell designs too.
Rumors have suggested Microsoft might be working on a
clamshell design for a
laptop that's priced lower than the typical Surface devices.
And if you're going to that much trouble, you might as well get a
laptop or a
clamshell Android device, like Asus» Transformer — or, more preferably, an iPad.
In terms of design, the Surface
Laptop features a clamshell form factor that makes it a true laptop, as opposed to the Surface Book 2 - i
Laptop features a
clamshell form factor that makes it a true
laptop, as opposed to the Surface Book 2 - i
laptop, as opposed to the Surface Book 2 - in - 1.
That puts it more in line with convertible
laptops, rather than dedicated
clamshell machines.
The five positions make the most of different learning environments and include:
clamshell for test scenarios and to use as a
laptop, tent and stand positions to promote collaboration and sharing, and slate configuration for keyboard storage while in tablet mode.