This looks like a cool desktop computer; not sure why he labels a computer explicitly designed to not be usable in your lap a "laptop".
Most laptops are better labeled "lap-heaters" anyway.
DIY triple-screen laptop based on the framework
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#42That's not a laptop, but portable (desktop) all-in-one computer.
Laptops should have keyboard and everything in one portable package, this is unusable without external keyboard and doesn't have built-in keyboard, thus it's NOT laptop.
And I don't care what he says in video, title is clickbait.
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#43This would be great for an office commuter, bring it with you between home/work, but don't actually use it as a laptop
Why not buy two computers? Your boss will probably pay for both.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Obviously he can build want he wants to the specifications he wants and even call it what he wants but if the purpose was to not build a laptop because he doesn’t like the form factor of a laptop why call it a laptop? It just doesn’t make sense.
I can understand it insofar that my first association with the word "laptop" is the portable computer with integrated keyboard that mostly sits on my desk. This build isn't too far from that.
I suppose I can understand it from the perspective, and that is probably the majority of the time a laptop is in use, but I also associate a laptop with a self contained unit that has all the required input devices and requires no additional setup to be usable. Flip it open on a bed, anywhere, in a second, including your lap.
I have a ton of general purpose computers that can be set up on a desk but are otherwise wildly impractical some place like an airplane, or in any kind of moving vehicle.
It is kind of why I still am married to having a traditional laptop instead of just using my iPad with a keyboard case for example. It just gets more fiddly. I’d take my steam deck with me to somewhere I’d be able to set up with for non-gaming use but I’d never try to use it as a regular computer on a plane or even in a coffee shop killing time between appointments or whatever.
We don’t do portables/luggable as terminology anymore but that is where it breaks for me.
I appreciate you offering that perspective though.
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#45This would be great for an office commuter, bring it with you between home/work, but don't actually use it as a laptop
Why not buy two computers? Your boss will probably pay for both.
It's quite a pain to keep two computers in sync. You don't want to end up blocked on a task because you forgot to push your changes.
I'm also pretty sure that no company I have worked for would have paid for me to have two company computers.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually, that frightens me. I know of another powerful, tested, and DIY friendly compact computer: the Raspberry Pi. The Pi got integrated into so many full fledged commercial products that it's lost its availability for hackers. If the Framework mainboard becomes a Super-Pi, will Framework owners be able to get the spare parts that they were counting on?
The rumor is that the pi is having issues because Broadcom (who actually owns the IP in their chips) is pissed that they built a for profit company on top of IP Broadcom donated intending to be going to a nonprofit. Rumor is that's also why there's no progress on an RPi5, as that would require coordination with Broadcom. That would also explain why the Pico had no problems being stocked, as it contains no Broadcom IP…
If RPi5 has challenges with Broadcom IP licensing, isn't that an opportunity to create a new SBC product line without Broadcom IP, as many FooPi clones have done?
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
The rumor is that the pi is having issues because Broadcom (who actually owns the IP in their chips) is pissed that they built a for profit company on top of IP Broadcom donated intending to be going to a nonprofit. Rumor is that's also why there's no progress on an RPi5, as that would require coordination with Broadcom. That would also explain why the Pico had no problems being stocked, as it contains no Broadcom IP…
If RPi5 has challenges with Broadcom IP licensing, isn't that an opportunity to create a new SBC product line without Broadcom IP, as many FooPi clones have done?
So much about the full RPi is the Broadcom hardware blocks though. If software didn't really care about those, the FooPi clones would have taken off. Turns out a lot of software targeting RPi actually twiddles those hardware blocks directly.
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#48I feel this technique could be really useful. As a developer, I am okay to carry a box instead of a laptop as this would enhance the productivity. I was actually thinking of buying the 14" screen from lenovo. This concept reminds me of Kavad which is a box with multiple fold used for story telling.
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#49That's the coolest impractical laptop I've seen.
I'd say it is not that impractical. Sits somewhere between a laptop and an ITX build, self-contained but needing table. I thought that was the most impressive part.
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#50This looks like a cool desktop computer; not sure why he labels a computer explicitly designed to not be usable in your lap a "laptop".
That's why in other languages it's called "notebook computer" or "portable computer". "Laptop" never really made sense. No one ever used laptops on the lap.