What if your phone lasted as long as your washer-dryer?
And why don’t they?
TheDaylight Tabletis the latest example, and while it’s far from perfect, it points towards the future.
Computers should just work, and keep doing it.Daylight Computer
“The main obstacles to ‘slow’ computing are mostly cultural and economic ones.
Consumers are indoctrinated into searching for the latest features and fastest performance available in the market.
Seeing Daylight
Our phones, tablets, and laptops are very needy.
Isn’t this already more peaceful than a laptop?.Daylight Computer
They require active maintenance in a way that appliances do not.
Constant app and software updates, constant charging, and ever-growing security risks.
Meanwhile, most of us just want our phones and computers to keep doing what they do.
Unlike most computers, Framework’s laptops are in it for the long-term.Framework
Is Instagram really better today than it was before Facebook started chasing Snapchat and TikTok?
As users, we deal with this because we have no choice.
We chalk it up to the price of progress.
But is it really progress?
If you have an old iPad, phone, or laptop, you’re probably familiar with the problem.
But why is this?
Take a look at your current phone.
The latest M4 iPad is, by some measures, the fastest computer Apple has ever sold.
The Mac is insanely capable, and the battery lasts all day long.
But in a few years, this, too, will be slow.
The next big traffic jam for computers is AI.
There’s very little else on the horizon that can push current computers to their limits other than AI.
Could this be why all the computer makers are so into the hype?
The Way Out
The Daylight computer is one answer to this problem.
It’s designed to be more ambient, to just be there when you need it.
you might read it like a paper book, in sunlight.
you could use a stylus to take notes and sketch.
But it also runs apps like Spotify, Pocket, and Notion and can display video.
And it lasts for days on a single charge.
But by reducing computing to the essentials, the Daylight shows a way to hop off the upgrade cycle.
But if you stick to older software without updating, you’re left without essential security fixes.
