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I've used a Raspberry Pi 400, an Adafruit CYBERDECK HAT and a Joy-IT 3.5" display to make a small, portable computer for when I don't need a laptop: https://blo

I've used a Raspberry Pi 400, an Adafruit CYBERDECK HAT and a Joy-IT 3.5" display to make a small, portable computer for when I don't need a laptop: https://blog.jgc.org/2023/10/cyberdecking-raspberry-pi-400-on.html https://blog.jgc.org/2023/10/cyberdecking-raspberry-pi-400-o...

prmoustache 2y ago
All these projects are fun exercises...but what kind of use case is "for when I don't need a laptop"? In french we have that expression that pretty much translate like this: "He who can do the most can (also) do the least". This pretty much applies to laptops. I mean a laptop is also a desktop if you put it on a desk.
- jgrahamc 2y ago
  When traveling this combination works really well because it doesn't have a battery (which means it can go in checked luggage and I don't even take it out of my bag when going through security if I carry it on board). It's very light and I don't need a separate adapter since any USB-C will do. It uses HDMI so I can connect to most hotel TVs to use as a large monitor. From this machine I can SSH to any of the other machines I need access to and so it acts as a terminal.
  - prmoustache 2y ago
    Between phone, powerbank, headset and cameras I put so much stuff out of the luggage through security[1] that I don't think adding or not a laptop/tablet matters that much. Also unless you carry 5 meters usb and hdmi cords I don't think that use case is so universal. Power outlets are usually so badly located in hotels. [1] basically I empty the handbag of everything that is not spare clothes. It is just easier to throw everything on that plastic tray than filtering what needs to be shown or not.
  - danans 2y ago
    > It's very light and I don't need a separate adapter since any USB-C will do. It uses HDMI so I can connect to most hotel TVs to use as a large monitor. From this machine I can SSH to any of the other machines I need access to and so it acts as a terminal. To each their own, but I specifically avoid taking a laptop on any pleasure trip where I want to limit the work I can do, not to make it easier to do work. If it is a work trip (or at least work-interlaced), plugging a custom device into a hotel TV screen sounds tedious - and the screens are probably going to be of poor quality (low resolution, low refresh rate) - so good enough for a hotel room but much worse than a laptop or a monitor. That said, glad it works for your use cases. If so, it probably will work for at least one other person!
onemoresoop 2y ago
>I've used a Raspberry Pi 400, an Adafruit CYBERDECK HAT and a Joy-IT 3.5" display to make a small, portable computer for when I don't need a laptop: It's cool but you did create something that is not very different from a laptop.
- jgrahamc 2y ago
  It does not contain a battery. It can safely go in an aircraft hold.

prmoustache 2y ago

All these projects are fun exercises...but what kind of use case is "for when I don't need a laptop"? In french we have that expression that pretty much translate like this: "He who can do the most can (also) do the least". This pretty much applies to laptops. I mean a laptop is also a desktop if you put it on a desk.

jgrahamc 2y ago
When traveling this combination works really well because it doesn't have a battery (which means it can go in checked luggage and I don't even take it out of my bag when going through security if I carry it on board). It's very light and I don't need a separate adapter since any USB-C will do. It uses HDMI so I can connect to most hotel TVs to use as a large monitor. From this machine I can SSH to any of the other machines I need access to and so it acts as a terminal.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  Between phone, powerbank, headset and cameras I put so much stuff out of the luggage through security[1] that I don't think adding or not a laptop/tablet matters that much. Also unless you carry 5 meters usb and hdmi cords I don't think that use case is so universal. Power outlets are usually so badly located in hotels. [1] basically I empty the handbag of everything that is not spare clothes. It is just easier to throw everything on that plastic tray than filtering what needs to be shown or not.
- danans 2y ago
  > It's very light and I don't need a separate adapter since any USB-C will do. It uses HDMI so I can connect to most hotel TVs to use as a large monitor. From this machine I can SSH to any of the other machines I need access to and so it acts as a terminal. To each their own, but I specifically avoid taking a laptop on any pleasure trip where I want to limit the work I can do, not to make it easier to do work. If it is a work trip (or at least work-interlaced), plugging a custom device into a hotel TV screen sounds tedious - and the screens are probably going to be of poor quality (low resolution, low refresh rate) - so good enough for a hotel room but much worse than a laptop or a monitor. That said, glad it works for your use cases. If so, it probably will work for at least one other person!

onemoresoop 2y ago

>I've used a Raspberry Pi 400, an Adafruit CYBERDECK HAT and a Joy-IT 3.5" display to make a small, portable computer for when I don't need a laptop: It's cool but you did create something that is not very different from a laptop.

jgrahamc 2y ago
It does not contain a battery. It can safely go in an aircraft hold.