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Mostly reminds me of https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer On a serious note, I mostly disagree about the small
by anilakar 8y ago
Mostly reminds me of https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer
On a serious note, I mostly disagree about the small size. The author mentioned his preferred size being A5, which is about half a letter. Having to type commands on machine that just fits under your palms is painful. I'd rather have a large keyboard, large screen and a large battery.
My current EDC setup is an X250 with a huge bag of adapter dongles, carried in a Falcon II.
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- dkdbejwi383 8y ago> which is about half a letter What oddly specific unit of measurement is this?
- runj__ 8y ago"US letter size" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(paper_size) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(paper_size)
- piqufoh 8y agoIt's specific (US Letter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(paper_size) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(paper_size) ) - half of which is reasonaby close to A5, but I'm not sure why the "odd" qualifier.
- robin_reala 8y agoI guess odd because it’s really only used in North America. I’ve never seen a piece of letter sized paper although I’ve heard of it (first after deciphering the weird PC LOAD LETTER error on HP laser printers which is extra confusing if you don’t realise that letter is a paper size).
- odonnellryan 8y agoIt is almost the same as A4 paper.
- yellowapple 8y agoAnd yet different enough to sometimes cause issues when they get mixed and matched (e.g. A4 document on Letter printer, or vice versa).
- y4mi 8y agoIt's almost like a misaligned a4
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoAh!
- isostatic 8y agoSuddenly, after 25 years, that message makes sense! Thank you!
- core-questions 8y agoPC is Paper Cartridge, iirc.
- chrisseaton 8y agoUnless you know about the particulars of US paper sizes, it sounds like they mean 'half the length of a letter that you might write to someone' which does sound odd. What letter? What about? My letters may be one paragraph or three pages.
- pmoriarty 8y agoOne could also interpret it as referring to a letter of the alphabet, just to add to the confusion.
- pantalaimon 8y agoLetters are usually written on A4, if you fold that in half you get A5.
- PurpleRamen 8y agoI guess it depends on how often you need to use the notebook standing besides some server while carrying the notebook in your hand. Or just move it around; take it out of the bag and put it back again..every day, sometimes multiple times.. Weight can start being annoying at some point.
- a012 8y agoFHD A5 screen size would not be eligible to me
- PurpleRamen 8y agoThis size and resolution Works for my smartphone well enough. And I don't think such a notebook is meant as a developers permanent workstation. Likely more a mobile terminal for the job on site or some short change on the go. For those things it's should be good enough.
- Arnt 8y agoSome of us (I assume OP is one of them) think that since your screen won't be large anyway, there is little point to having a screen bigger than your preferred keyboard size. And since your battery won't be large enough to support compiling LLVM in reasonable time anyway, it's better to just get used to do CPU-heavy stuff by ssh-ing to a rackmount somewhere use the laptop for terminal-ish tasks.
- stephenr 8y agoIf your goal is a portable SSH client, even an original iPad mini with a bluetooth keyboard would be a better option than this thing.
- kingofhdds 8y agoDid you read the text? The goal is not a portable SSH client, but a sort of traveling admin's Swiss army knife device, hence relatively small size (but large enough to host a keyboard), and a lot of ports. Isn't it obvious that iPad cannot conform to the requirements?
- stephenr 8y agoDid you read the post I replied to? > And since your battery won't be large enough to support compiling LLVM in reasonable time anyway, it's better to just get used to do CPU-heavy stuff by ssh-ing to a rackmount somewhere use the laptop for terminal-ish tasks.
- lazyasciiart 8y agoNothing about that comment says anything to support your arbitrary narrowing of the device purpose.
- stephenr 8y agoWell, it does, and my comment does start with IF your goal is.... If your goal IS NOT that, then clearly what I suggested isn't going to be applicable is it?
- defnotarobot 8y agoMy mind also immediately went to the Homer.
- bigbugbag 8y agothe x250 is a really bad design, thinkpad after the x230 are getting worse to bad.