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Re: c100

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Post by syntaxing »

xnx wrote: post #31
syntaxing wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Overkill is the point. Same thing for iPads and iPhones. It gives a luxury feeling. That and Chinese manufacturing have made milling a very cost effective manufacturing method.

Re: c100

#53

Post by wang_li »

Aurornis wrote: post #47

I feel sorry for any company trying to launch a new compute product during this window of extremely elevated RAM and SSD prices. This looks well built with a lot of attention to detail. It’s impressive that the price isn’t higher for this level of machining and build quality on a low volume product. I could see this doing well in some niche studios where they value design of all of the products in the office, but it’…

Cost of RAM and SSD seems like a secondary challenge. Trying to piss up a waterfall is more in line with the reality that products that are first about design and second about capability face when entering the current workstation and laptop markets that have been iterated on for decades and haven't seen a dramatic new redesign ever.

The closest such advance in recent years didn't happen and instead turned into the macbook neo. Apple could have released an OS for the iphone pro max model of phones that allow them to boot Mac OS when attached to a docking station. And sold a laptop formfactor docking station.

Re: c100

#54

Post by esperent »

Price aside, I'm all for mobile form factors that are not laptops. Laptops are an ergonomic disaster.

But I'm not a fan of connecting it to the keyboard instead. Why not just a mini pc with a built in battery?

Re: c100

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Post by roryirvine »

rpcope1 wrote: post #49

There's a lot of WTF here, including paying $1400 for a Linux workstation with 32GB of RAM and what looks like a mobile CPU, along with an integral keyboard that seems like it would give you RSI just looking at it. Who on earth is buying this?

The form factor and "designed to run Workbench" bit made me think it was aimed at nostalgic Amiga enthusiasts without running afoul of whoever-owns-Commodores-trademarks-today.

But https://caligra.com/workbench/#pricing suggests it's an awkwardly-reskinned Fedora with a $240/year subscription fee.

So, er, yes. WTF?

Re: c100

#57

Post by themaxdavitt »

Cute, but for a device targeted at us "experts" (see the Pentagram design brief linked elsewhere in-thread), this feels like a missed opportunity to explore the last couple of decades of advancements in HID design that many of us have benefited from (e.g., a mouse designed off hand curvature, or a split keyboard). If you want to see computers for experts (albeit in a more restrained design space), look at Framework.

Re: c100

#58

Post by watusername »

ygouzerh wrote: post #42
iammjm wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But is mobility really what they were going for? I’m not sure, because they also purposefully increased the size and weight by adding the frunk

I felt as well that they miss their window. This kind of rectangular shape with keyboard + computer would be great actually for digital nomad / people going to coworking spaces, but looks way to heavy.

> digital nomad / people going to coworking spaces

Laptops with built-in screens make infinitely more sense for this population.

Re: c100

#60

Post by floren »

convolvatron wrote: post #11

why does it come with attached storage unit for my calipers?

Cuz you're a MAKER, just see the box of BOJACK-brand screws on top of the power supply in the action shot.
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