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Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by 0xEF »

poisonborz wrote: post #282
0xEF wrote: post #212

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The Surface Book or whatever is going to be your best option because you want the 2-in-1 features. We had a few at my job before I switched to an XPS 13 since I never used it as a tablet and it was a weighty thing to have in my bag. Didn't hate using it like a laptop, though. Unfortunately, the price tag is also going to reflect the branding, so it won't be cheap. Same thing with a Lenovo Yoga or X13. That kind of fu…

2in1s make a laptop immensely more versatile and useful: - Tent mode is a much better to watch movies on or play games (via controller) - In tent mode you can position a keyboard how you like, and you can put a secondary screen more how you would on a proper desktop. This way you can create a comfortable full desktop work environment on every desk. I wouldn't even care much about the touchscreen otherwise, although i…

Didn't really think about tenting it, thanks for explaining. I don't game or watch much media beyond the occasional how-to on YouTube, so the usefulness was lost on me. Appreciate the perspective, since I frequently get asked "which computer should I buy for X" IRL because I'm the local crufty computer guy, I guess.

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Post by alterom »

Groxx wrote: post #290
alterom wrote: post #175

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>I'm surprised you want to run real CAD software on a netbook. I think your use case is pretty unusual. CAD has been around since before IBM PC came out. It's not necessarily a demanding piece of software. Still, scratch CAD. My favorite VST synths are Windows-based. And I don't want to lug around extra kilograms just to make some noise.

tbh audio might be the hardest fit here - low-channel sound cards on low-end devices is pretty common, last I looked, and it tends to be CPU-heavy (and these tend to use very weak CPUs). you'd probably be fine rendering it out and checking the result (slow but afaik not usually memory heavy), but it may struggle with scrubbing around. hard to say without actually trying it tho. and depends on the device, of course -…

Let's say, digital audio production and digital synths running on commodity PCs was a thing since the 1980s.

I'm OK with having computational limitations that musicmakers had in 2000s. Heck, some of my favorite softsynths are from that time (Superwave P8, 4Front and other romplers, Dexed, etc).

The weak CPUs today handle them without a problem.

Hell, I've produced plenty of music on Intel Atom-powered Asus Eee1000 netbook back in what was it, 2008-2010, and I'm still using the very same software.

>low-channel sound cards

What do you even mean by this?

In any case, a USB audio adapter that solves all the audio issues costs $20 these days.

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by alterom »

dijit wrote: post #179
alterom wrote: post #174

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>I think you missed the point of a netbook. I think you missed the point of the question. > the rest is workstation stuff Yes, I want to be able to run workstation stuff on the small computer I carry everywhere , so that I don't have to carry my workstation everywhere.

get a workstation laptop then? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Your e-bike can’t tow a carriage either, that’s not strange.

You are taking crazy pills.

The netbook is a small and inexpensive machine that has enough specs to do the job.

And most computers today are beefed up enough to do the jobs I need them to do when I leave the house/office, even the cheapest ones.

Given the ability to run the software I use, my concerns are form factor, price, size, weight, ports, and battery life — in that order.

This little machine ticks all these boxes; very few others do.

Call it a "workstation laptop", and find me one in 10-11 inch size (with a screen that doesn't have 1 inch margins), has an amount of RAM that would be adequate 10 years ago (i.e. more than 4GB), has all the ports, and doesn't cost over $500 (so I won't have to care much when it invariably gets lost, stolen, dropped, etc).

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by dijit »

alterom wrote: post #313
dijit wrote: post #179

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get a workstation laptop then? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. Your e-bike can’t tow a carriage either, that’s not strange.

You are taking crazy pills. The netbook is a small and inexpensive machine that has enough specs to do the job. And most computers today are beefed up enough to do the jobs I need them to do when I leave the house/office, even the cheapest ones. Given the ability to run the software I use, my concerns are form factor, price, size, weight, ports, and battery life — in that order. This little machine ticks all these bo…

netbooks could run a browser and an office suite… barely.

You’re asking for more than that based on the passage of time, but software got heavier faster than hardware kept up.

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Post by incanus77 »

bergie wrote: post #112
derefr wrote: post #99

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"Bigger screen" (i.e. being bigger on the length/width dimension) is a bad thing in this discussion. Some people want a programming/writing laptop that fits in a handbag, so that they don't have to decide to bring it, but can just leave it in their bag the way many people do with an iPad.

Absolutely. The 11" MacBook Air was the best laptop Apple ever made.

Still using mine for occasional hacking, running Mint. Gets about two hours of battery. Great keyboard.

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Post by pounceandmiss »

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

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