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Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by benjaminoakes »

benjaminoakes wrote: post #300

I have a Chuwi Minibook X N100, 12GB LPDDR5 RAM, and a 512GB NVMe drive. Got it for about $200, new. I asked for a Linux discount since I had no desire for Win11, and they obliged! It's not my only machine: I got it to keep in my backpack at all times and it works well for that. At 2 lbs with laptop and tablet modes, I'm pretty happy! Just wrote a bunch of heavy-ish Ruby code on it and it kept up quite well. There's…

This has some good improvements but they're not quite reliable enough yet:

https://github.com/petitstrawberry/minibook-support

Awesome speaker improvements too:

https://forum.chuwi.com/t/minibook-x-improve-speakers-on-lin... https://codeberg.org/diamondburned/minibook-impulse

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by hexagonwin »

egorfine wrote: post #233
hexagonwin wrote: post #226

Earlier quoted context omitted.

maybe try a linux distro like tinycore or porteus? it puts the rootfs in ram so things run insanely fast, and sync changes to disk before shutdown

It's got 8GB ram. Not sure whether that will help. Also some support from distribution is needed, because the screen is rotated as well, fan needs software support, etc

hardware support is provided by the linux kernel, it should be fine. if there's issues one could just switch kernels..

8gb is plenty. i've ran tinycore on machines with 512MB or less

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by LtWorf »

LAC-Tech wrote: post #299
LtWorf wrote: post #264

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You most certainly aren't familiar with heavy laptops.

I managed to get myself to the point where I could do two slow, deep, controlled pushups in one session. Hence I have genuinely never even noticed, cared, or paid attention to how much a laptop weighs.

wtf 2 pushups aren't much at all.

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Post by lexicality »

dheera wrote: post #281
lexicality wrote: post #144

I have one of these. It's an awful piece of shit and I love it. I bought it because I was going on holiday and didn't want to take a real laptop both in case it got stolen and to dissuade me from using it. I ended up using it more than I would have a normal laptop because it's so small and easily carried. My current use case is for my commute into the office, it easily fits on the microscopic train tables and doesn't…

How doeos it compare to the GPD Win mini laptops?

I don't know, I've never touched one

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by rkomorn »

kennywinker wrote: post #289
rkomorn wrote: post #191

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Sure, but the 11" MBA I bought was max specs at the time it was released and the point is: it didn't last long.

Timing. The core 2 generation was right before we hit a plateau in processors. An i5/i7 macbook from 2014-2015 felt pretty good for 5-6 years, until the m1 came out, and you can coast for another 2-4 years being annoyed some people have a faster machine before they start baking features into the OS that make your machine feel even slower. That’s 7-9 years of use depending on your tolerance for being behind the curve.…

Again: I bought a max spec model when it was released.

I didn't wait years to buy the max spec model of a previous generation or something.

I'm well aware CPUs got better and whatever arguments people want to make.

None of this changes the fact that the initial 11" MBA was borderline obsolete from launch.

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Post by MrDOS »

fouc wrote: post #268
MrDOS wrote: post #250

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> it would be almost unusable at anything less than 13" Native resolution on a 13" MacBook Air is already pretty unusable. Out of the box, the 13" MacBook Air (physical screen resolution 2560x1664) is configured with display scaling so that the “looks like” resolution is 1470x956 (i.e., macOS renders everything at 2x1470x956 – 2940x1912 – and then scales it down to match the display for output). If you dial the “look…

gotta have dock hiding & menu bar hiding & compact toolbar/tab settings for browser. only 80-90px of wasted height. The rest is web view. I can't think of any website I frequent having that fixed-position header either, so I'm gucci.

I often use my laptop for reference while cooking, and I find recipe websites are the most common and egregious offenders.

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by wink »

lexicality wrote: post #144

I have one of these. It's an awful piece of shit and I love it. I bought it because I was going on holiday and didn't want to take a real laptop both in case it got stolen and to dissuade me from using it. I ended up using it more than I would have a normal laptop because it's so small and easily carried. My current use case is for my commute into the office, it easily fits on the microscopic train tables and doesn't…

I bought an old Intel 12" Macbook off of my employer for that reason. 10 bucks, 9y old, still good enough for anything where an Android phone sucks (people who like using phones may disagree, it's ok).

This looks cool but I care a lot more for even 100 bucks than 10 :P

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by wink »

Dathuil wrote: post #168

I just unpacked my eee PC from college after a move. 8gb of RAM and can barely run a very stripped down version of windows 7. Just the thought of writing my final year project on that little machine again is giving me RSI. I'll stick with my 13" MBP going forward. Netbooks served a purpose but I'm not sure they make much sense anymore

I think they don't make sense if you don't care about the screen size - but nothing in that size really existed around 2010 iirc.

iPad? OK, if you don't want a laptop and can live with it. Android tablets? worse.

11" - 13" can already be too large, maybe not for you.

Chromebooks - would be the 1:1 replacement if they weren't usually 12" or more

The price. Sure, inflation and all but I paid 300 for my eeePC, new.

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by LAC-Tech »

LtWorf wrote: post #303
LAC-Tech wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I managed to get myself to the point where I could do two slow, deep, controlled pushups in one session. Hence I have genuinely never even noticed, cared, or paid attention to how much a laptop weighs.

wtf 2 pushups aren't much at all.

Exactly.

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by rldjbpin »

in the spirit of having low-stakes, cheap devices to experiment on, stuff like this really motivates me to impulse buy an old thinkpad to coreboot all the way.

while the weight and dimensions may not be quite as attractive, there is a lot going for the rest. or just go for an old m series macbook air at this rate. you only miss out on upgradable storage and a kneecapped linux experience

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