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Re: A small notebook for a system administrator

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Post by ohithereyou »

chrisseaton wrote: post #50
hasperdi wrote: post #47

If you want something that you can buy now, or soon... here are some options: - GPD Micro https://liliputing.com/2019/01/first-look-gpd-micro-pc-handh... - GPD Pocket 2 Mini https://liliputing.com/2018/12/gpd-launches-a-cheaper-pocket... - Clones / look alike of the GPD Pocket

Whatever happened to the 'netbook' form factor? That just seemed to disappear overnight.

Thin margins and the realization that if netbooks became popular most people would likely not buy normal laptops. Why make the one thing that kills the rest of your product line?

Re: A small notebook for a system administrator

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Post by tluyben2 »

robin_reala wrote: post #48
yakshaving_jgt wrote: post #19

I just want a company to keep making the previous generation MacBook Air. Keep the ports. Keep the MagSafe. Don’t screw with the keyboard. More memory and disk space would be nice, but it’s not a deal-breaker. I don’t mind going for a walk or enjoying a cup of coffee while I wait for GHC to compile. It’s a good machine. Now leave it alone.

Preferably the 11" Macbook Air.

That was my favorite Apple laptop. So annoying they do not produce it anymore.

Re: A small notebook for a system administrator

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Post by tyingq »

a012 wrote: post #37
tyingq wrote: post #9

Isn't small or light, but Getac ruggedized laptops seem to cover the high number of ports requirement: https://thecomputermarket.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/... And, there's more ports on the sides too.

Isn't it too expensive and heavy for daily tasks? If your work needs carry it around DC or similar, the rugged laptop is overkill.

I shared because it's the only thing I've seen that approaches the port density in the article.

Re: A small notebook for a system administrator

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

robin_reala wrote: post #45
piqufoh wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's specific (US Letter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_(paper_size) ) - half of which is reasonaby close to A5, but I'm not sure why the "odd" qualifier.

I guess odd because it’s really only used in North America. I’ve never seen a piece of letter sized paper although I’ve heard of it (first after deciphering the weird PC LOAD LETTER error on HP laser printers which is extra confusing if you don’t realise that letter is a paper size).

Ah!

Re: A small notebook for a system administrator

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Post by aplanas »

opencl wrote: post #68
orf wrote: post #6

This feels like it's an unrealistic Christmas present list. By that I mean having a laptop with everything in this article would be absolutely amazing, but is it even possible to mass produce something like that, let alone even build the thing as a one-off? What would a more realistic sysadmin notebook look like?

The GPD MicroPC actually exists and is not too far off of this thing in terms of ports, sadly it lacks the trackpoint. Especially sad since GPD has already released a system with a trackpoint.

But the GPD Pocket have the trackpoint. There is also a Pocket 2 and a new one still on design.

Re: A small notebook for a system administrator

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Post by Arnt »

anilakar wrote: post #10

Mostly reminds me of https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer On a serious note, I mostly disagree about the small size. The author mentioned his preferred size being A5, which is about half a letter. Having to type commands on machine that just fits under your palms is painful. I'd rather have a large keyboard, large screen and a large battery. My current EDC setup is an X250 with a huge bag of adapter dongles, ca…

Some of us (I assume OP is one of them) think that since your screen won't be large anyway, there is little point to having a screen bigger than your preferred keyboard size.

And since your battery won't be large enough to support compiling LLVM in reasonable time anyway, it's better to just get used to do CPU-heavy stuff by ssh-ing to a rackmount somewhere use the laptop for terminal-ish tasks.

Re: A small notebook for a system administrator

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

aaronharnly wrote: post #51

I love the exercise of this — it reminds me of the hours I spent as a kid, drawing multi-angle views of what I hoped would be the “Commodore 256” or “Amiga 5000”. The loving inclusion of each port, paragraphs of explanation — it’s just great.

Ha, I love that you were a childhood product designer for home computers. I used to do similar for cars, lots of arrows with text descriptions of what the "novel" parts were.

Wonder what things other people did? I know of people who were obsessed with inventing dinosaurs, and monsters/aliens.

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