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Neo Is the Most Exciting Laptop Since Microsoft Tried the Same Thing Back in 2009
Like many Microsoft projects, the company was simply dreaming too early
The laptop industry has been in decline for years. There are many reasons why, from the rise of smartphones, to tablets like the iPad eating market share, but don’t overlook this one: Laptops got boring.
At an event in New York last week, Microsoft provided a peek at a future that could look a little more exciting — where the lines between laptops, tablets, and phones blur together.
The company unveiled its new Surface computers, which were impressive iterations on its already compelling Surface Pro and Surface Laptop devices, but the star of the event was the Surface Neo, a dual-screen, 9-inch computer that folds in the middle, allowing the user to tilt the screen up like a Nintendo DS, or flip it all the way back and cut the device’s physical footprint in half.
The Surface Neo is not a foldable computer. While it does technically fold, there’s a key difference when compared against the array of foldable smartphones like Samsung’s Galaxy Fold: the screen isn’t a single continuous, flexible display. Instead, Microsoft has opted for two separate displays, blended together with…
