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

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

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Post by bboygravity »

byran wrote: post #98
dataflow wrote: post #87

This is crazy. Hats off to you. My guess is you'll have recruiters knocking on your door yesterday, trying to grab you before the next one does. Whatever you do, don't let your talents go to waste (corporations can do that), and think about your long term success, not whatever they dangle in front of you for the short term. You're going places.

Thank you so much for the heartfelt advice! I'll keep that close to heart :)

Tip from an experienced EE: try to avoid middle-men recruiters at all cost. Go straight to the company you want to work for. Or better yet in your case: start your own company :p

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Post by wizzwizz4 »

jokoon wrote: post #168

So if you want to install windows on this, do you have to add some secure bios feature? Is it possible to have access to that without big license fees?

You can just patch Windows to remove the check. It's not like any critical components of Windows are encrypted.

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

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Post by vidarh »

petsfed wrote: post #27

This is really cool! There are some obvious next steps for improving the polish on this, would you say you were more resource constrained, time constrained, or skill constrained? For instance, did you put any thought into making flex PCBs to make the cable routing easier? I also think the concept of a laptop with a removable wireless keyboard is brilliant, and I think your implementation is a lot cleaner than e.g. th…

Also loved the detachable keyboard (which has me fantasize about a detachable screen as well + external hdmi/displayport, as I hate the working positions I end up in with a laptop, so it'd be nice to be able to get a more comfortable setup in a hotel room etc. that still packages up to a laptop.

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

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Post by paines »

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…

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

Why would you?

You mentioned Raspberry where, compared to the competition, you pay more for the name while they deliver even the same capabilities or more bang for the buck... Don't get me wrong. Huge Raspi fan here. I have 3 models laying around here, because they are the easiest to purchase. But the competition is not to be overlooked.

Also, aren't the compute modules strandarized or compatible? So it should be interchangeable, no?

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Post by rTX5CMRXIfFG »

httpz wrote: post #165
t4TLLLSZ185x wrote: post #150

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.

I sometimes wonder how many talented engineers top colleges are rejecting because they were busy working on real engineering projects like this than academics and test scores.

Probably not a lot, kids who have the grit to work on projects like this are the ones most likely to succeed academically

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Post by cbmamolo »

noman-land wrote: post #117
byran wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have the R&D BOM in a link below [1] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17arbJvPqW6koqEJwAzne... Thanks.

Thank you! For anyone else looking for the top line number, it's $4,673.81. Really nice work. I wish you much success in life.

I have yet to finish processing reimbursement. LOL. His parents pre-paid for this project.
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