No rs232 ? :( /s
Parallel port yo
VAIO announces tiny laptop with tons of ports
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#132Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just last week I presented a project on a TV from my 2017 MacBook Pro. I used a USB-C to HDMI adapter to connect to the HDMI to VGA connector to the VGA cable to the TV. I had to reconnect it three times and open and close the laptop to get it to work properly. A paperclip would have been much easier.
A TV without an HDMI connector? That has to be ancient.
Sometimes the tv is mounted and only a vga cable is left around to interface with. Good luck plugging in the hdmi cable into the tv mounted in a cabinet.
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#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
Funny, to me it just reminds me of a standard laptop from a few years ago. I have a consumer lenovo from a few years back, and it has all those ports except the USB-C.
What laptop is that? Because this laptop has a lot of very weird ports (I'm leaving out USB-C): 2 micro USB-B ports, one with quick charging 3.0, one with USB OTG so the laptop can be used as an external mouse and keyboard for a different computer even when not booted. 2 ethernet ports, one with power over ethernet supporting 3 different standards for POE. 5.5x2.5mm power connector, fullsize SD reader, micro SD reade…
PoE ports are pretty amazing though if it can charge over it
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#134Does it have a Memory Stick Pro Duo reader to go with the SD?
I'm pretty sure the SE version might.
Downside, you'll need a gold mine to pay for it.
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#135Earlier quoted context omitted.
A ton of upsides. * The hand does not leave the hone row. * It never by mistake registers your hands as a click or a movement. * Your skin can be extremely wet or dry without consequence. * You can continue a motion without being limited by the size of the trackpad, because you don't modulate the position directly, but its first derivative. This removes tension between being precise and having the range. * It separat…
Am I the only person that consistently has trouble with trackpoints? Every time I try to make a large movement I get halfway across the screen before the thing decides it's drifting, tries to correct, and sets its new zero at the edge of physical travel. Then I have to take my finger off it, wait thirty seconds for it to re-zero at physical neutral, and try again, this time remembering to zig-zag so it doesn't think…
Lots of people don't like them.
Have you tried a different trackpoint cap? Some people find a different shape (flat vs domed) makes a difference. But some people just don't get on with trackpoints.
Re: VAIO announces tiny laptop with tons of ports
#136I've only ever had horrible experiences with Vaio and it would take a lot for me to consider trying one again.
(The screen broke with a month, then I spent 3 months in a horrible support hell before finally getting refunded which wasn't even the outcome I wanted - I just wanted it fixed. Contrast with the macbook I bought it, it worked for several months, the hard drive died, I took it to a mac store and it was fixed within the week. The ecosystem around the computer matters.)
Re: VAIO announces tiny laptop with tons of ports
#137See also GPD Micro PC: https://www.gpd.hk/gpdmicropc
Tiny, includes RS-232 port among others.
Re: VAIO announces tiny laptop with tons of ports
#138I 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.
I am rightly, but a few years ago I tried to use the mouse with the left hand. To my surprise it took just couple of days to adjust. Clearly with the right hand I could press buttons faster, but the precision of mouse positioning was just as good.
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#139Earlier quoted context omitted.
Haven't seen any copy Apple's trackpad size, unfortunately. They're copying the wrong things.
I’m glad they haven’t. That ginormous trackpad is a huge turnoff to me.
It's the one thing that makes me think I have to stick to a MacBook. All the small touchpads are too fiddly for my liking.
Does it turn you off because you feel that you would touch it whilst typing, or is it something else?
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#140Misleading title. A 12.5" laptop is pretty normal these days. The One Mix Yoga 2S, the spiritual successor of the Vaio P, the first ever 7" laptop with a proper CPU (=Intel Core instead of Atom) and proper storage (= SSD instead of eMMC and then NVMe at that). I am in love with that thing.