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I have a Sony Vaio P, which as the author mentions is close to what he describes. I don't use it much anymore, but it was actually a fun device to own. I insta

by GuiA 10y ago

I have a Sony Vaio P, which as the author mentions is close to what he describes. I don't use it much anymore, but it was actually a fun device to own. I installed ArchLinux on it, with a heavily customized xmonad + plenty of customly setup apps for email/browsing/basic coding/etc to make it full keyboard driven (the trackpad/trackpoint was pretty bad on it). It'd fit in my jacket pocket, and was a nifty little machine to carry around. The keyboard was way too cramped for long term use, but it was fun to have around.

digi_owl 10y ago
Mah, he seems to conflate the Vaio P (unnamed, just used as a illustration) with "smartbooks". This while the Vaio P was a netbook (Windows, Intel Atom) rather than a smartbook (Android/Linux, ARM variants). Frankly the only thing that seems to hold the smartbook category together is the use of mobile tech (iirc, the Toshiba AC100 even had a notification light for texts etc). The blog posting seems like someone firmly hung up on Apple and wanting a smaller macbook, rather than a proper illustration of what the rest of the market has to offer.