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I really want one, but they are so expensive... I'm having trouble considering pouring more than half of my monthly salary into such a device. I honestly would

I really want one, but they are so expensive... I'm having trouble considering pouring more than half of my monthly salary into such a device. I honestly wouldn't mind if there was a second option, bulkier (maybe even with an of-the-shelf raspberry as a motherboard), maybe with a smaller screen, and less polish (no custom-made injection molds, maybe a case I 3D-print myself). Actually, I went to the website again, and it is €500, down from what I remembered was €750 (though it looks like it was "only" €600). I might consider buying one, but for a fraction of the price I could have a nice android tablet with a stylus, support for external displays, etc. I would appreciate the opportunity to try it first, but I don't think it's being sold in any retail stores, and I don't know anyone with one.

johnday 7y ago
Try looking on the Facebook group (if you can bear it!). There are lots of people getting rid of theirs, normally in favour of an iPad. You can often find some for 350-400 euros.
AJRF 7y ago
I recently got one and have used it every single day for a month, it is frightening how quickly it became part of my workflow. One downside is I dig in extremely hard to the screen and the replacement nibs are on the pricey side, so one thing to consider if you are getting one - there is an extended up-keep cost if, like me, you can't help but dig into the screen a little. For me the reMarkable feels like tech that came from the heavens, a digital piece of paper that I can carry around and hack on (it has an SSH interface!). Which is weird considering eInk isn't new. I really hope they can release a smaller, cheaper version to keep the company ticking over so they can release hardware updates to the larger models.
- grogenaut 7y ago
  Can you say what all you do with it?
  - AJRF 7y ago
    Sure; 1. Using the LiveShare feature to mirror it to the screen to show diagrams and drawings to my team mates, useful when designing a piece of code I am going to write. 2. Reading and annotating PDFs (which I send to my device using a command line util called rmapi). 3. General scribbles throughout the day. 4. Book notes which I write, then convert to text using the inbuilt OCR and email to myself.

johnday 7y ago

Try looking on the Facebook group (if you can bear it!). There are lots of people getting rid of theirs, normally in favour of an iPad. You can often find some for 350-400 euros.

AJRF 7y ago

I recently got one and have used it every single day for a month, it is frightening how quickly it became part of my workflow. One downside is I dig in extremely hard to the screen and the replacement nibs are on the pricey side, so one thing to consider if you are getting one - there is an extended up-keep cost if, like me, you can't help but dig into the screen a little. For me the reMarkable feels like tech that came from the heavens, a digital piece of paper that I can carry around and hack on (it has an SSH interface!). Which is weird considering eInk isn't new. I really hope they can release a smaller, cheaper version to keep the company ticking over so they can release hardware updates to the larger models.

grogenaut 7y ago
Can you say what all you do with it?
- AJRF 7y ago
  Sure; 1. Using the LiveShare feature to mirror it to the screen to show diagrams and drawings to my team mates, useful when designing a piece of code I am going to write. 2. Reading and annotating PDFs (which I send to my device using a command line util called rmapi). 3. General scribbles throughout the day. 4. Book notes which I write, then convert to text using the inbuilt OCR and email to myself.