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After using few Xiaomi products, no thanks. If I want a Linux dev box, there are other options too.
by xbeta 10y ago
After using few Xiaomi products, no thanks.
If I want a Linux dev box, there are other options too.
- vincentkriek 10y agoWhat other options would you recommend?
- knotty66 10y agoFor a cheap, lightweight development laptop I use a Toshiba Chromebook 2 (2015) with a 240GB SSD fitted. Build quality is not up to Apple standards but is still decent. Screen is much, much better than Macbook Air screen though. Battery life is very good. I use Arch Linux and With a bit of tweaking, everything works (bluetooth, wifi, keyboard backlight, suspend/resume etc). I can also dual boot into ChromeOS which is quite nice in it's own right. Lovely machine for the money ...
- andycjw 10y agoI can only find Toshiba Chromebook 2 with 16GB SSD onboard, how did you get 240GB SSD fitted?
- nickjj 10y agoYou can buy http://amzn.to/2a4isAQ http://amzn.to/2a4isAQ [0] and swap it in. This model is compatible with the Chromebook you mentioned. It's about $50 for the 128GB SSD expansion. [0] Yes this is an affiliate link through my Amazon account.
- aembleton 10y agoWhat's wrong with them? I'm very happy with my Xiaomi piston earbuds, good sound quality, survived 1 year of use so far and only ~£10. I've had one of their phones a few years ago and found it to work well. Just annoying that they'd skinned Android rather than providing stock.
- StavrosK 10y agoI love all my Xiaomi products. The Pistons are great, the power bank is fantastic, the Mi band was super useful. I don't know why GP hates them.
- xbeta 10y agoI have the MiBand, and it drops hundreds of times. I had eventually lost it. Sure, it's only $10, but it doesn't make sense to buy anything just because it's cheap. And I have the earbuds too. Sure another $10, but the sound is very mediocre compare to the stock headphones I got. I also have one of their TVBox, bought it mainly for my Chinese parents. None of the channels work anymore oversea. Sure, $10 who cares. But I would rather spend bit more on something that last longer than a manufacturer producing more electronic junk to this already-polluted planet.
- aembleton 10y agoWhat stock headphones do you have that are better than the Xiaomi Piston 3? I didn't specify 3 in the last post, but they're the model that I have.
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