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StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by clhodapp »

cookiengineer wrote: post #97

Honestly when I am looking at their other models like the StarBook and StarFighter, I have a weird feeling that I cannot repair them once the battery or other parts breaks down. They have an internal battery similar to the format of A1278 MacBooks, which makes my spidey sense go off that it's not easily repairable without breaking a ribbon flex cable. I don't need a bleeding edge gaming GPU, I don't need USB4, I don'…

You must have missed on their product pages where they say:

"Laptops designed for open-source software need open warranties. Our 1-year limited warranty allows you to take your computer apart, replace parts, install an upgrade, and use any operating system and even your firmware, all without voiding the warranty."

They also post disassembly guides for their products and, so far at least, they don't seem to use super fragile ribbon cables for the batteries. Here's the one for the last gen of the Star Lite: https://support.starlabs.systems/kb/guides/star-lite-mk-ii-s...

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by chx »

karmakaze wrote: post #93
smcleod wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't seen one of those in many many years! I wish HDMI in general would die and let displayport take it place.

What's the practical difference? With USB-C there's power delivery. DisplayPort has..?

DisplayPort has MST.

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by chx »

paxys wrote: post #27
eternityforest wrote: post #15

Why did they have to use a micro HDMI port? Couldn't they have done dual USB-C and made one the DisplayPort output? MicroHDMI is not a very nice connector, it's a lot of pins under mechanical stress from the heavy, rigid HDMI people generally attach to it.

And it already has dual USB-C, just without video out support. Pretty disappointing.

It has DP alt mode support you need to click the big + on https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite-specification next to connectivity

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by chx »

eternityforest wrote: post #15

Why did they have to use a micro HDMI port? Couldn't they have done dual USB-C and made one the DisplayPort output? MicroHDMI is not a very nice connector, it's a lot of pins under mechanical stress from the heavy, rigid HDMI people generally attach to it.

Click the big plus on https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite-specification next to connectivity to see

> USB-C Interface: Display Port (DP Alt Mode)

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by chx »

RF_Savage wrote: post #106
eternityforest wrote: post #15

Why did they have to use a micro HDMI port? Couldn't they have done dual USB-C and made one the DisplayPort output? MicroHDMI is not a very nice connector, it's a lot of pins under mechanical stress from the heavy, rigid HDMI people generally attach to it.

USB-C DisplayPort altmode would have required one to two extra chips for the port supporting it and some extra routing on the PCB. So cost and complexity increase. MicroHDMI does suck, but despite that raspberry pi 4 has two of them.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37171823

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by chx »

MichaelZuo wrote: post #94
eternityforest wrote: post #15

Why did they have to use a micro HDMI port? Couldn't they have done dual USB-C and made one the DisplayPort output? MicroHDMI is not a very nice connector, it's a lot of pins under mechanical stress from the heavy, rigid HDMI people generally attach to it.

Probably due to cheapening out a few dollars on the BOM, not a great sign to be honest.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37171823

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by pulse7 »

froggertoaster wrote: post #50
Turskarama wrote: post #19

I can't help but feel like an x86 tablet is a non starter, the architecture is just too power thirsty compared to ARM.

Agreed - ARM put x86 on the clock, and Apple Silicon - the best implementation of ARM yet - is the death knell of x86. Every opinion to the contrary feels like cope, because it's coming, and fast.

Latest Intel chips are faster than Apple Silicon in single and multi-thread benchmarks... (they use more power, but they are faster...)

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by MikusR »

mcny wrote: post #78
afavour wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If we get to 2030 and phones can't plug in to GPUs something is f-ed and the system is broken, tech has ossified grossly. Why? That’s an incredibly minor use case. If you’re expecting something this niche to become the norm then you’re destined to be disappointed.

We had USB 3 with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in September 2013. It is now almost a decade. If rumors are true, Samsung will announce a USB 4 (thunderbolt 3) phone before the end of 2024. I agree with the grandparent. While most people don't care too much for eGPU (?), I'm sure if we let people innovate, good things will come. My dream is much smaller. I just want whatever hardware circuitry is required to accomplish t…

And it was so bad they went back to microusb on 4

Re: StarLite 12.5-inch Linux tablet

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Post by LoganDark »

RF_Savage wrote: post #109
mcny wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We had USB 3 with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 in September 2013. It is now almost a decade. If rumors are true, Samsung will announce a USB 4 (thunderbolt 3) phone before the end of 2024. I agree with the grandparent. While most people don't care too much for eGPU (?), I'm sure if we let people innovate, good things will come. My dream is much smaller. I just want whatever hardware circuitry is required to accomplish t…

One of the tragedies of USB-C is how it can be anything from dumb charging only to one's capable of 40GB/s data transfer among everything else.

This. People can get away with implementing really, really bad USB-C ports and you're just supposed to expect that no two USB-C ports are born equal.
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