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The closest I've come was a nexus 7 with a keyboard case and bluetooth mouse and remote desktop.
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
I have a GPD Pocket 2, its by a Chinese company who give terrible customer support. My device had a clear spot of a fingerprint during assembly (and a dead pixel) and they didn't want to swap or refund even though I reported it right away. They claim they couldn't see it even though I made 4k pictures of the problem, and asked independent people to verify the issue. I didn't bother with Indiegogo refund as I know they don't do shit.
The machine comes with an evaluation version of its BIOS. The keyboard is meh, and they removed the trackpoint (from the GPD Pocket 1) in favor of an optical device. Like a MBP the machine gets hot and won't be able to use much cputime in sequence. For now, I use a MBP 2014 with a VM. I did put my money on Planet Computer's Cosmo Communicator [1]. They got a mechanical keyboard, though lower specs (and ARM). They'll have a Sailfish port, native Android, and likely a Debian GNU/Linux port (you can run Kali tools on Debian).
A bit small as others have commented but I like the 'Swiss army knife' approach. Perhaps a slightly larger version could be the future for the 'non-endpoint' laptop? Sound artists and so forth might find a use for such a thing. I find my ancient Thinkpad X61s is the one I actually take around, even though my slightly newer X220 is faster, has more memory and has a brighter screen.
You may be interested in the x62: https://geoff.greer.fm/2017/07/16/thinkpad-x62/
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…
> which is about half a letter What oddly specific unit of measurement is this?
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.
> Such notebook is suitable for posting photos on Instagram, but not for work. At least not for mine. Why do people feel the need to be so snide and put down what other people do as 'not work'?
Do you think that being a social media person is equally valuable to being a sysadmin? If so, why do sysadmins get paid more? It’s because fewer people have those skills, and everyone and their mother can most pictures on Instagram. There’s no reason to put people down, but the answer to your question is also pretty straightforward.
Also, in Russia, people don’t coddle each other like they do in The States, so if they think uploading things to social media isn’t skilled work, they just go out and say it. I personally find that refreshing on some level, because then you can actually talk to people straightforwardly. Russia sucks in lots of ways, but at least you can communicate with people directly there.
Using the laptop monitor as a display for external sources (and the video input port) is a good idea, I'm not sure why nobody is implementing it these days. Are there any technical challenges to this, or is it a feature considered useless by all of the laptop producers?
https://www.startech.com/Server-Management/KVM-Switches/USB-...
I use it for so much more than I intended - but at $200, when the thing dies, I'm just going to throw it out and buy a newer one on eBay. I'm blown away by how much more useful this is than every other thing I've had over the last 20 years.