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I like how almost all the ports are on the right. You will not want to use a mouse with this machine if you're a righty, there will be at least one cable in the way.
Really? The photo clearly shows 1 USB on the left side of the machine. You can use that for your mouse.
VGA?!
VGA?!
The connector is also more robust than the effete HDMI/DisplayPort/etc. ones that have tiny pins, purely by being bigger.
Reminded me somewhat of "A small notebook for a system administrator": https://habr.com/en/post/437912/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19052688
I like how almost all the ports are on the right. You will not want to use a mouse with this machine if you're a righty, there will be at least one cable in the way.
Once you're plugging it into something, you won't be using the laptop screen anyway.
Reminded me somewhat of "A small notebook for a system administrator": https://habr.com/en/post/437912/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19052688
Where's the parallel port? :-)
RS-232 would be more useful though. I like this departure from Apple’s custom of having as few ports available as possible.
One can dream!
It's pretty funny how this has basically the same ports (besides the USB C for charging) as my 2010 VAIO Z. VGA is the most surprising one to still see. I wonder what the reasoning behind that is. I can't really see them targeting the corporate market.
VGA is old it's analogic and works. The target demography for this laptop are the people who actually have to solve problems that people with laptops with one port create. So they have no tolerance for more problems. ( This is a caricature, but.. )
My experience is that the fan controller is quite badly designed, and the machine ends up being noisy. The fan RPMs oscillate a lot, even under no load.
I hope it is not the case this time, and we end up with a nice laptop that can run Linux well. Options are limited, so an alternative with many ports from a quality manufacturer is more than welcome.