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Re: c100

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Post by xnx » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:17 PM UTC

syntaxing wrote: post #27

JR1427 wrote: post #16

> The case is CNC milled from a solid block of aluminium What a waste of material and machining time!

iPhones are iPads have a milled CNC “unibody” as well… Being able to dictate where to have more thickness helps a ton on the luxury feel. Most of the chips are recycled anyway into new billets.

Unibody is a very appropriate technique for a small portable device that needs to be strong from force in many directions. It is overkill for a keyboard.

Re: c100

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Post by ffreire » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC

JR1427 wrote: post #16

> The case is CNC milled from a solid block of aluminium What a waste of material and machining time!

Why?

Re: c100

#33

Post by xnx » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

I forgot all about the slabtop form factor: https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-a-slabtop/

Re: c100

#34

Post by zerkten » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

My fingers are curling up at the look of the angle on that keyboard. I love the idea and the aesthetic, but I could never use this full time.

Re: c100

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Post by iammjm » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

ppnpm wrote: post #21

So a toolbox attached with a keyboard that has opposite layout, some new shortcuts and an OS that can be reproduced easily. So what's the point? One can go for design and hardware but is this really something that stands it out in 2026? I was wondering what I would put in the toolbox, maybe earphones, mobile stand, stationary?

The mouse seems like the most obvious choice for mobility. Other than that: pens? Or maybe lock the phone inside for a distraction free environment

Re: c100

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Post by insanitybit » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:20 PM UTC

Looks extraordinarily unergonomic and I don't get why I would need a number pad as a developer.

Re: c100

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Post by jordand » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:20 PM UTC

I got an unsolicited LinkedIn connection request from a Sales Rep at Caligra (who wrote in the note) offering to 'send one over' to me essentially as a "trial" of this workstation. Says a lot that this is a serious part of their sales strategy.

Re: c100

#38

Post by torginus » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

Dunno, they're promoting this to run their custom OS (which is Fedora based, but has brew apparently?) Not sure what is this, is this a cloud thing, hence the subscription? But the HW too expensive/powerful for that? Considering that is the main differentiator, yet they barely say anything about it, and it's quite hard to find screenshots, or any demos.

Re: c100

#39

Post by futuraperdita » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

This is an expensive design object that just happens to contain a laptop.

Re: c100

#40

Post by torginus » Fri, Aug 21, 2026, 4:25 PM UTC

ramijames wrote: post #22

I found the UI really interesting. Nice to see a group really trying something new. This really feels a lot like the raw experimentation of computer types and styles in the 80s. https://customer-i8ks9tgi5lkllj0i.cloudflarestream.com/c60aa...

I think they are going for the super premium polished user experience, yet they waste space with adding foreign window decorators to apps that are supposed to integrate them (Chrome, Zed). And not sure why having a single smallish window and tons of empty space is good practice, when tiling wms have shown how to manage lots of windows and large screen estate efficiently..