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Ask HN: Laptop Without Screen or Keyboard
Is anyone aware of a "battery powered mac mini" - essentially a portable computer that I can bring between home and work setups that have a mouse, keyboard, and monitor, but leave on? Is there a reason this is a bad idea?
- desindol 4y agoThere are some NUC like systems available, but they are primarily for embedded/industrial use. On Alibaba such devices have their own category https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/battery-powered-mini-pc.html https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/battery-powered-mini-pc.htm...
- version_five 4y agoThank you, this looks like the kind of thing I was looking for (even of I'd prefer one was made by a company I'd heard of)
- what-imright 4y agowhy not plug the mac mini into a battery? remove the psu and get a 12v battery. why would you want that though? you want it on in your bag as you’re traveling? If you can power a screen, then you can power the mm. It doesn’t make sense and the mm boot instantly now
- iamcrazyyounus 4y agoI'd like to know if you use your machines for any specific applications, or if you just surf the web.
- tony-allan 4y agoCurious about your use case. Depending on what you are after a Raspberry Pi is cream enough to duplicate or operate with a battery. https://howchoo.com/pi/raspberry-pi-gadget-mode https://howchoo.com/pi/raspberry-pi-gadget-mode
- toast0 4y agoIf you can get by with suspend to disk, any of the nuc like thing should work. The Intel compute module PC on a stick from a couple years ago would make an easy to carry device, although I don't know if there's been any of those with updated processors.
- dTal 4y agoIs there some reason you don't want a screen and keyboard? If it's just for the sake of portability, you can get a GPD Micro PC - it has a screen and keyboard but it's hardly bigger than a NUC.
- mdrzn 4y agoWhy with a battery? You will need a power supply to power the monitor anyway, so I would just use an Intel NUC or any other mini PC.