I’m glad about your feedback, thank you!
I have a different use for electronic devices in mind than what is currently probably mainstream. I feel uncomfortable with carrying around a “brick” of a phone. I feel uncomfortable with the limits of a small (smart phone / smart watch / tablet) screen and interaction patterns. I’m unhappy that I and others pull out their smart phone to look up the current time. I’m as unhappy about the fragmentation of features among smart phone apps as I am unhappy about the diverse feature offering of the different form factors. I want everything everywhere, and nothing artificial (read: computer use patterns) getting in my way.
Why I believe a 2-in-1 has become popular
A computer of the size of a sheet of paper offering the features of the main different form factors in a combined way makes people happy. It’s doing away with the limitations of the various form factors we’ve tried. While I’m a software developer, working with a computer most of my time during the day, I want a device so “lightweight to use” (a tablet form factor) in my spare time when I’m interacting socially – without having to sacrifice the power of my full-blown developer machine.
Same goes for a watch-size computer, which in my eyes should have no need for a display (but that’s a different story). And everything in-between is somewhat ill-sized as a full-blown computer, because it doesn’t fit into a “normal”, pre-computer, human interaction pattern.
It would simplify life if all future - notebook form factor - computers may simply be convertible by design. It looks like a very small feature addition to let the screen be turned around for 360° (I understand it’s a technical challenge), but it makes a huge difference for human-to-human interaction when a computer is present. I won’t buy non-convertible models anymore - for anyone in my family - since I’m experiencing how good they feel.