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Computing devices are often designed in view of a particular usage scenario, but may be unsuitable for usage in other computing scenarios. For example, a notebook computer with a large display, an integrated keyboard, and a high-performance processor suitable for many computing tasks may be heavy, l

Computing devices are often designed in view of a particular usage scenario, but may be unsuitable for usage in other computing scenarios. For example, a notebook computer with a large display, an integrated keyboard, and a high-performance processor suitable for many computing tasks may be heavy, large, and power-inefficient; and a tablet lacking a keyboard and incorporating a low-powered processor may improve portability but may present inadequate performance for many tasks. Presented herein is a configuration of a computing device featuring a display unit with a resource-conserving processor that may be used independently (e.g., as a tablet), but that may be connected to a base unit featuring a resource-intensive processor. The operating system of the device may accordingly transition between a resource-intensive computing environment and a resource-conserving computing environment based on the connection with the base unit, thereby satisfying the dual roles of workstation and portable tablet device.

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1. A computer operated by a user and comprising: a base unit comprising a base bus connecting a base input component, a base processor, a base power source, and a base connector; anda display unit comprising a display bus, a display output component, a display input component, a display processor, a

1. A computer operated by a user and comprising: a base unit comprising a base bus connecting a base input component, a base processor, a base power source, and a base connector; anda display unit comprising a display bus, a display output component, a display input component, a display processor, a display battery, a display memory, and a display connector configured for connecting to the base connector, the computer comprising an operating system executing an application in a resource-intensive mode and a resource-conserving mode, andan operating system configured to, absent a request from the user to select a computing mode of the application: while the display unit is connected to the base unit, instruct the application to execute in the resource-intensive mode; andwhile the display unit is disconnected from the base unit, instruct the application to execute in the resource-conserving mode. 2. The computer of claim 1, the display output component configured to: while the display unit is connected to the base unit, display a computing environment of the computer in a transmissive display mode; andwhile the display unit is disconnected to the base unit, display the computing environment of the computer in an at least partially reflective display mode. 3. The computer of claim 1: the base comprising a base display; andthe computer further configured to: while the display unit is connected to the base unit, present a computing environment of the computer on the base display; andwhile the display unit is disconnected from the base unit, present the computing environment of the computer on the display output component. 4. The computer of claim 3, the computer further configured to, while the display unit is connected to the base unit, present a computing environment of the computer across the base display and the display output component. 5. The computer of claim 1: the display unit comprising a portrait display connector positioned on a lateral edge of the display unit; andthe computer further configured to, while the portrait display connector of the display unit is connected to the base connector of the base unit, present a computing environment of the computer on the display output component in a portrait display mode. 6. The computer of claim 1, the base power source comprising a base battery. 7. The computer of claim 6, the computer further configured to, while the display unit is connected to the base unit: while the base unit is connected to an external power source, utilize the external power source; andwhile the base unit is disconnected from an external power source: while the base battery is not depleted, utilize the base battery; andwhile the base battery is depleted, utilize the display battery. 8. The computer of claim 7, the computer further configured to, while the display unit is connected to the base unit, while the base unit is disconnected from an external power source, and while the base battery is depleted, utilize the display processor to generate a resource-conserving mode of a computing environment of the computer. 9. The computer of claim 1, the display unit comprising a display wireless communication component. 10. The computer of claim 9: the base unit comprising a base wireless communication component, andthe computer further configured to, while the display unit is disconnected from the base unit, establish a wireless connection between the display wireless communication component and the base wireless communication component. 11. The computer of claim 10: the base unit comprising a base memory configured to store at least one data object; andthe computer further configured to, upon receiving a request to access a data object stored in the base memory and not stored in the display memory while the display unit is disconnected from the base unit, retrieve the data object from the base unit through the wireless connection. 12. The computer of claim 1, the base unit comprising a base memory. 13. The computer of claim 12: at least one shared data object stored concurrently in the base memory and the display memory; andthe computer further configured to, upon the display unit connecting to the base unit, synchronize the at least one shared data object stored in the display memory with the at least one shared data object concurrently stored in the base memory. 14. The computer of claim 12: the base memory storing a data object set comprising at least one data object having a data object type;the computer further defining at least one portable data object type; andthe computer further configured to store in the display memory the data objects of the data object set having a portable data object type. 15. The computer of claim 12, the computer further configured to: store in the base memory at least one resource-intensive application executable within the resource-intensive mode of a computing environment of the computer; andstore in the display memory at least one resource-conserving application executable within the computing environment. 16. The computer of claim 1, the computing environment comprising at least one dual-mode application comprising: a resource-intensive application mode executable within the resource-intensive mode of a computing environment of the computer, anda resource-conserving application mode executable within the resource-conserving mode of the computing environment of the computer. 17. The computer of claim 16, the computer further configured to, for respective dual-mode applications executing within the computing environment: upon the computing environment entering the resource-intensive mode, switch the dual-mode application to the resource-intensive application mode; andupon the computing environment entering the resource-conserving mode, switch the dual-mode application to the resource-conserving application mode. 18. The computer of claim 1: the computing environment comprising at least one resource-intensive application executable within the resource-intensive mode of the computing environment; andthe computer further configured to, upon the computing environment entering the resource-conserving mode, halt resource-intensive applications executing within the computing environment. 19. A computer operated by a user and comprising: a display unit configured to interface with a base unit comprising a base bus connecting a base input component, a base processor, a base power source, and a base connector, the display unit comprising: a display bus, a display output component, a display input component, a display processor, a display battery, a display memory, and a display connector configured for connecting to the base connector, the computer comprising an operating system executing an application in one of a resource-intensive mode and a resource-conserving mode, andan operating system configured to, absent a request from the user to select a computing mode of the application: while the display unit is connected to the base unit: instruct the application to execute in the resource-intensive mode; andwhile the display unit is disconnected from the base unit, instruct the application to execute in the resource-conserving mode. 20. A computer operated by a user and comprising a base unit configured to interface with a display unit comprising a display output component, a display processor, a display battery, a display memory, and a display connector, the base unit comprising: a base bus connecting a base connector configured to connect to the display connector of the display unit,a base input device,a base power source, anda base processor executing an operating system that is configured to, while the display unit is connected to the base unit and not in response to a request from the user to select a computing mode, instruct an application currently executing in a resource-conserving mode and also executable in a resource-intensive mode, to switch from the resource-conserving mode to the resource-intensive mode.