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After I saw this I went looking and found the Cube i7 Mix Plus. The i7 of course is just marketing, it doesn't run an i7 but what it does have is a Kaby Lake m3

by chx 8y ago

After I saw this I went looking and found the Cube i7 Mix Plus. The i7 of course is just marketing, it doesn't run an i7 but what it does have is a Kaby Lake m3, the m3-7Y30 (thus the i7 -- it runs a _7_th gen _I_ntel CPU, after all). Comparing it to the Surface Go CPU, another low wattage Kaby Lake CPU https://ark.intel.com/compare/122697,95449 https://ark.intel.com/compare/122697,95449 we can see the Pentium 4415Y has a 60% higher base clock but it doesn't have Turbo Boost while the m3 can boost to 2.6GHz. The m3 also has more cache and AVX2. Also, the storage is a proper 128GB m.2 SATA SSD. The reviews say the WACOM digitizer is accurate and fast. The screen is the same as the Surface Pro 2. Reviews and reports say the device is durable enough. (Also, some descriptions say it's dual Android-Windows, it's not, it's just W10) Asking around, the only drawback I was able to find is if you get a dud, you need to send it back to China for repairs which can run 80-100 USD. The price is just 330 USD.

deno 8y ago
> the only drawback I was able to find is if you get a dud, you need to send it back to China for repairs which can run 80-100 USD. Depends where you buy. Gearbest will ship and service it for you in EU. No idea about US. No affiliation. I hear Banggood is also fine but no first hand experience. Also I’d rather get this Cube: https://techtablets.com/cube-i35/review/ https://techtablets.com/cube-i35/review/ It has the major advantage of being an actual laptop. It still has a touch screen if you’re into that sort of thing. I really don’t understand the point of a mobile device that you can’t put on your lap or in your pocket. To each their own, I guess.
- chx 8y ago
  My use case for this is a device to consume media en route but also an emergency work machine (sure phpstorm won't be breaking any speed records on it but still, it will run on it decent enough). A laptop is a hassle on a plane. Tablet works better -- just hang it off the seat in front of you. Detachable keyboard works best for this. Almost always unnecessary but when you need it, it's there.

by chx 8y ago

deno 8y ago

> the only drawback I was able to find is if you get a dud, you need to send it back to China for repairs which can run 80-100 USD. Depends where you buy. Gearbest will ship and service it for you in EU. No idea about US. No affiliation. I hear Banggood is also fine but no first hand experience. Also I’d rather get this Cube: https://techtablets.com/cube-i35/review/ https://techtablets.com/cube-i35/review/ It has the major advantage of being an actual laptop. It still has a touch screen if you’re into that sort of thing. I really don’t understand the point of a mobile device that you can’t put on your lap or in your pocket. To each their own, I guess.

chx 8y ago
My use case for this is a device to consume media en route but also an emergency work machine (sure phpstorm won't be breaking any speed records on it but still, it will run on it decent enough). A laptop is a hassle on a plane. Tablet works better -- just hang it off the seat in front of you. Detachable keyboard works best for this. Almost always unnecessary but when you need it, it's there.