July 15, 2014

29: You Can't Fight Physics

55 minutes

The Surface Pro 3 claims to be the best of both a laptop and tablet experience but in trying to compromise for both, new issues about its optimisation for either use case become evident. Myke Hurley joins John to dissect the Tablet Laptop category.
With Myke Hurley and John Chidgey.

TechDistortion Companion Article:

Tablet Laptops You Can’t Fight The Physics

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Center Of Mass

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Teardown

MacBook Air 11" Mid 2013 Teardown

MacBook Air Models A1237 and A1304 Display Assembly Replacement

MacBook Air Models A1237 and A1304 Teardown

Surface Pro 3 - The tablet that can replace your laptop

Type Cover 2

Apple MacBook Air - Technical Specifications

MacBook Air 11" Mid 2013 Display Assembly Replacement

Steve Jobs Was Wrong: Why the 7-Inch Tablet Is King

Calculating Centers of Mass

Moment of Inertia

Mechanics 1 M1 Examples

iPad (1st generation)

iPad Mini (2nd generation)

iPad Air

Microsoft Surface Pro 2

Microsoft Surface Pro 3

Moments

Bending Moment Calculator for cantilever with uniform load on full span

Newton (unit)

Tablet Ergonomic Study

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