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Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by xarope »

eviks wrote: post #104
byran wrote: post #93

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That's a sick idea too! Wouldn't be too hard. I'll keep that in mind never thought of it before even though I've used my fair share.

There was a very old ThinkPad design that allowed the keyboard to take more space than the width of the laptop, but that was also bad old non-split layout But at least not wasting existing left/ right side space and having a gap in the middle instead would be a nice start Or maybe even get to the best of the portable/non-portable worlds: since the keyboard is wireless, you could detach 2 halves of the keyboard and pl…

The 701 "butterfly"? It was cool for its time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_701

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by throwup238 »

dang wrote: post #131
stackghost wrote: post #124

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But did you win the Putnam?

For those who don't know, stackghost is referencing this classic moment on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

I wonder how @sanj feels about their moment of fame (they’re still active on HN).

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by AnthonyMouse »

coryrc wrote: post #129
AnthonyMouse wrote: post #118

I've long been disappointed that we've never really gotten standard laptops, in the way that there are ATX standard desktops. The laptop form factor hasn't really changed in decades. It's a rectangle with a screen in the lid and a keyboard in the base. Below the keyboard is a battery and a system board. The battery has to be replaced when it wears out and the system board when it becomes obsolete, but then why aren't…

I think my laptops have been split between mechanical and hardware EOL. I don't think the mechanicals would ever go for two lifetimes. But I actually take mine around places and am a little clumsy.

Mechanical what? The keys? There are people who have had the same keyboard for 30 years. You don't have to design things to be disposable junk.

That's even part of the advantage. If you want a higher quality chassis made of rubber-padded metal that can survive being dropped off a table then you'd only have to buy it once.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by utopcell »

chrismorgan wrote: post #136

> A highly integrated, high end, open source laptop. Not sure what’s meant by “high end” here. Performance is a rather important aspect, and the RK3588 this uses will make it slower than almost every laptop on the market. Practically all are twice as fast (both single- and multi-core), most are 3–5× multi-core, and the best approach 7× (paired with 2.5× single-core). Looking at Lenovo India, they sell three laptops t…

I suspect that utmost performance was not the main focus of the project. Nevertheless, the complexity of the project would not be different if a different CoM was to be adopted. Even creating a custom CoM doesn't seem that much more complicated, as the daughter board is as complicated since it already needs to handle high-frequency traces as well. Super impressive project!

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by dang »

throwup238 wrote: post #142
dang wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For those who don't know, stackghost is referencing this classic moment on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

I wonder how @sanj feels about their moment of fame (they’re still active on HN).

As I've pointed out before, his concession at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35350 was both witty and graceful. It's great that he's still active here! and anyway he's done a ton of things that are a lot more important than that bit.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by throwup238 »

dang wrote: post #145
throwup238 wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder how @sanj feels about their moment of fame (they’re still active on HN).

As I've pointed out before, his concession at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35350 was both witty and graceful. It's great that he's still active here! and anyway he's done a ton of things that are a lot more important than that bit.

I hope that’s in the highlights :)

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by teleforce »

Anyone know the amount of RAM available for the laptop?

Personally I'm a bit disappointed that it's based on Rockchip.

If someone can come up with low cost open source laptop with RPi compute module 5 with 16GB RAM I think it will selling like hot cakes given the software and hardware eco-system that exist round RPi [1]. It just that the compute module has yet to come with 16GB RAM unlike the normal RPi 5 but it will probably just around the corner [2].

[1] Compute Module 5:

https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/compute-module-5/

[2] New 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 on sale now at $120 (191 comments):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42642873

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by actionfromafar »

teleforce wrote: post #148

Anyone know the amount of RAM available for the laptop? Personally I'm a bit disappointed that it's based on Rockchip. If someone can come up with low cost open source laptop with RPi compute module 5 with 16GB RAM I think it will selling like hot cakes given the software and hardware eco-system that exist round RPi [1]. It just that the compute module has yet to come with 16GB RAM unlike the normal RPi 5 but it will…

I think 32 is the limit for the motherboard.

Re: Show HN: I made an open-source laptop from scratch

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Post by t4TLLLSZ185x »

For those that missed it, this Engineer is in _high school_.

Byran, I have been a professional engineer longer than you have been alive, I can tell you right now that I have met very, very few people that would have the motivation, skill and sticktoitivness to pull this off.

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