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I have one and I can confirm it's great. They even provide a Linux image for it (but I stuck my $FAVORITE_DISTRO on it with minimal fuss). The fact that it has
by progman32 6y ago
I have one and I can confirm it's great. They even provide a Linux image for it (but I stuck my $FAVORITE_DISTRO on it with minimal fuss). The fact that it has an Intel CPU and can run plain Windows is a big plus in my book over the Pyra, but that's just my preference.
Built in ethernet and serial port have proven useful as I'm running around debugging networks.
What I really have been searching for, however, is a clone of the Toshiba Libretto 50CT with a modern CPU and ports. To me that represented the peak of micro computers. The keyboard is small but usable, the mouse is fantastic (you grip the screen, the buttons are on the back of the screen - don't knock it till you try it). I'm lowkey considering making a replacement PCB for it.
- jandrese 6y agoBack in the day we used the half height Sony Vaios a lot for stuff like this. Unfortunately I think Sony stopped making those about a decade ago.
- guru_meditation 6y agoTrying not to spam, but extremely satisfied with GPD Pocket 2, which I purchased recently. Old enough to have used the very first laptops on the market, was looking for a Libretto-like machine, settled with this. What drove me to GPD Pocket 2 was the key size, massive RAM and SSD and that it is extensively supported in the new Linux kernel and several mainstream distros (Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Linux Mint, Arch). Delighted to report that I type faster on this than a lot of fellow engineers on a standard PC.