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https://www.microcenter.com/product/649971/evolve-iii-maestro-e-book-116-laptop-computer-dark-grey https://www.microcenter.com/product/649971/evolve-iii-maestr... On sale $59.99 ; regular price $79.99. Smallish keyboard however...

morninglight 4y ago
Bought a couple of these for the kids, and they love them. Not a Chromebook, but surprisingly well made and priced like a Raspberry Pi. Even has an LTE modem. Comes with Windows 10 Pro Education installed, and I haven't seen any difference from our other Win 10 installations. Of course, you could also buy it from Microsoft. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/evolve-iii-maestro-e-book-meb11wifi-116-laptop/8ptgd77thvvg?activetab=pivot:overviewtab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/evolve-iii-maestro-e-book-...
- Wowfunhappy 4y ago
  It's also 300% more expensive than the computer in the GP...
  - ocdtrekkie 4y ago
    The Micro Center link above has it listed for $60.
    - Wowfunhappy 4y ago
      Oh, I didn't realize they were the same computer! that's quite the price difference!
- deergomoo 4y ago
  > Comes with Windows 10 Pro Education installed, and I haven't seen any difference from our other Win 10 installations The stuff it’s missing could actually be considered an advantage, as it’s a lot of stuff people find an annoyance in modern Windows. “Windows 10 Education builds on Windows 10 Enterprise and provides the enterprise-grade manageability and security desired by many schools. Windows 10 Education is effectively a variant of Windows 10 Enterprise that provides education-specific default settings, including the removal of Cortana*. These default settings disable tips, tricks and suggestions & Microsoft Store suggestions.” https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/windows-10-editions-for-education-customers-bf2572aa-5555-2b1e-f7ce-81e8ba890444 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/windows-10-edition...
wishfish 4y ago
I'm a little tempted by this one. One thing that makes it even more tempting is that the LTE card can be removed and replaced with an SSD. Was curious about Linux on it and found this very useful post on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/tk6hdp/evolve_iii_maestro_ebook_116/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/tk6hdp/evolv... Looks pretty feasible other than the WiFi driver annoyances.
- belltaco 4y ago
  Multiple folks in this thread are talking about an LTE modem included but I don't see it anywhere in the specs.
laurencerowe 4y ago
Sadly it appears to only have read only storage (64GB ROM.) Kinda cool in a retro way I guess.
- ziml77 4y ago
  They're definitely referring to the flash storage as ROM here. It's not entirely inaccurate since flash is a type of EEPROM (but still mostly inaccurate because that "electronically erasable, programmable" part is a seriously powerful modifier to the "read-only memory" part)
- CameronNemo 4y ago
  Surely that has to be a mistake?
lelanthran 4y ago
> On sale $59.99 ; regular price $79.99. Smallish keyboard however... It may be small, but it has a proper inverted T for direction keys. That's already a better coding experience than many laptops that retail at 10x the price.
dark-star 4y ago
Why are deals like this always only available in the US? Here in Europe it's really hard to find any Laptops or Chromebooks for less than 200€
- edent 4y ago
  Don't forget, EU prices include sales tax. Online shopping in the US doesn't (as I understand it). However, in the UK, there are Chromebooks for around £120 - https://www.currys.co.uk/computing/laptops/laptops/chromebooks https://www.currys.co.uk/computing/laptops/laptops/chromeboo...
  - WoodenChair 4y ago
    Yeah but sales tax in the US is still way lower than your average European VAT and varies by states. Several states have no sales tax at all (New Hampshire, Delaware, Montana, Oregon, Alaska).
- baisq 4y ago
  "why is everything more expensive and salaries lower in poorer places?"

morninglight 4y ago

Bought a couple of these for the kids, and they love them. Not a Chromebook, but surprisingly well made and priced like a Raspberry Pi. Even has an LTE modem. Comes with Windows 10 Pro Education installed, and I haven't seen any difference from our other Win 10 installations. Of course, you could also buy it from Microsoft. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/evolve-iii-maestro-e-book-meb11wifi-116-laptop/8ptgd77thvvg?activetab=pivot:overviewtab https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/evolve-iii-maestro-e-book-...

Wowfunhappy 4y ago
It's also 300% more expensive than the computer in the GP...
- ocdtrekkie 4y ago
  The Micro Center link above has it listed for $60.
  - Wowfunhappy 4y ago
    Oh, I didn't realize they were the same computer! that's quite the price difference!
deergomoo 4y ago
> Comes with Windows 10 Pro Education installed, and I haven't seen any difference from our other Win 10 installations The stuff it’s missing could actually be considered an advantage, as it’s a lot of stuff people find an annoyance in modern Windows. “Windows 10 Education builds on Windows 10 Enterprise and provides the enterprise-grade manageability and security desired by many schools. Windows 10 Education is effectively a variant of Windows 10 Enterprise that provides education-specific default settings, including the removal of Cortana*. These default settings disable tips, tricks and suggestions & Microsoft Store suggestions.” https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/windows-10-editions-for-education-customers-bf2572aa-5555-2b1e-f7ce-81e8ba890444 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/windows-10-edition...

wishfish 4y ago

I'm a little tempted by this one. One thing that makes it even more tempting is that the LTE card can be removed and replaced with an SSD. Was curious about Linux on it and found this very useful post on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/tk6hdp/evolve_iii_maestro_ebook_116/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/tk6hdp/evolv... Looks pretty feasible other than the WiFi driver annoyances.

belltaco 4y ago
Multiple folks in this thread are talking about an LTE modem included but I don't see it anywhere in the specs.

laurencerowe 4y ago

Sadly it appears to only have read only storage (64GB ROM.) Kinda cool in a retro way I guess.

ziml77 4y ago
They're definitely referring to the flash storage as ROM here. It's not entirely inaccurate since flash is a type of EEPROM (but still mostly inaccurate because that "electronically erasable, programmable" part is a seriously powerful modifier to the "read-only memory" part)
CameronNemo 4y ago
Surely that has to be a mistake?

lelanthran 4y ago

> On sale $59.99 ; regular price $79.99. Smallish keyboard however... It may be small, but it has a proper inverted T for direction keys. That's already a better coding experience than many laptops that retail at 10x the price.

dark-star 4y ago

Why are deals like this always only available in the US? Here in Europe it's really hard to find any Laptops or Chromebooks for less than 200€

edent 4y ago
Don't forget, EU prices include sales tax. Online shopping in the US doesn't (as I understand it). However, in the UK, there are Chromebooks for around £120 - https://www.currys.co.uk/computing/laptops/laptops/chromebooks https://www.currys.co.uk/computing/laptops/laptops/chromeboo...
- WoodenChair 4y ago
  Yeah but sales tax in the US is still way lower than your average European VAT and varies by states. Several states have no sales tax at all (New Hampshire, Delaware, Montana, Oregon, Alaska).
baisq 4y ago
"why is everything more expensive and salaries lower in poorer places?"