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I mean... the sentiment is fantastic, and we need more hardware like this. Desperately. But...these just aren't really usable for its target audience. The bigge
by Fej 9y ago
I mean... the sentiment is fantastic, and we need more hardware like this. Desperately. But...these just aren't really usable for its target audience. The biggest sticking point is the screen resolution. Come on, it's 2017, and 1280x800 just isn't enough.
The other sticking point is the processor. It's unfortunately necessary to use an ancient one to avoid Intel ME. This comes with a massive performance bottleneck and increased power consumption.
To build a properly useful free laptop requires a non-x86 processor, as it stands.
The P8400 is 9 years old. We cannot rely on decade-old technology for our computing.
On a side note, did anyone ever buy the KDE Slimbook?
- amiga-workbench 9y agoI'm still using an X201 tablet, 1280x800 is largely okay for me. A lot of the problems come from modern, over designed software UI's with padding out the wazoo and a shitty information density.