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$99 “laptop Shell” for Raspberry Pi or Windows 10 Continuum

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Re: $99 “laptop Shell” for Raspberry Pi or Windows 10 Continuum

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Post by vittore »

I don't get it, just go on ebay (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m5...) or amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/191-8083913-3793561...) and get yourself old motorolla atrix/bionic lapdock , it has hdmi + usb and basically would work as hdmi external screen + usb keyboard and usb mouse for any device that supports it.

UPDATE: well, apparently price jumped a lot, i got myself two of those 10 and 12 inches models for like 30 and 70 dollars 2 years ago.

but anyway, there is existing piece of technology from almost 5 years ago, just was a bit ahead of it's time. People used that with rasberry-pi for quite some time too (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-9l1rPNCgo)

Re: $99 “laptop Shell” for Raspberry Pi or Windows 10 Continuum

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Post by erggo »

minsight wrote: post #2

Buyer beware: Indiegogo campaigns for hardware leave their supporters with very little recourse if the project fails to deliver. I've been burned by this one in the past.

This is exactly what I am afraid of. Is there any way how to assess the risk?

Re: $99 “laptop Shell” for Raspberry Pi or Windows 10 Continuum

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Post by astrodust »

erggo wrote: post #6
minsight wrote: post #2

Buyer beware: Indiegogo campaigns for hardware leave their supporters with very little recourse if the project fails to deliver. I've been burned by this one in the past.

This is exactly what I am afraid of. Is there any way how to assess the risk?

Perhaps a Tarot card reader.

Re: $99 “laptop Shell” for Raspberry Pi or Windows 10 Continuum

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Post by minsight »

erggo wrote: post #6
minsight wrote: post #2

Buyer beware: Indiegogo campaigns for hardware leave their supporters with very little recourse if the project fails to deliver. I've been burned by this one in the past.

This is exactly what I am afraid of. Is there any way how to assess the risk?

In my case, all the person running the campaign had to do was send out weekly messages to those who had purchased. The content could be something like "I'm trying to call my partner, but he's not answering". You may get your hardware. But if you don't, the game is slanted against you having some sort of acceptable outcome.

I'd consider it a gamble and wouldn't spend any sum of money that I'd feel bad about losing.

Re: $99 “laptop Shell” for Raspberry Pi or Windows 10 Continuum

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Post by lukifer »

vittore wrote: post #4

I don't get it, just go on ebay ( http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m5... ) or amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1/191-8083913-3793561... ) and get yourself old motorolla atrix/bionic lapdock , it has hdmi + usb and basically would work as hdmi external screen + usb keyboard and usb mouse for any device that supports it. UPDATE: well, apparently price jumped a lot, i got myself t…

I own one of these, and it's super-useful, but I still want a NexDock. The ports are awkwardly placed, requiring weird adapters (I had to shave off plastic to get both HDMI and USB to fit at the same time.) The USB port is also powered, and so tries to power the Pi, except at 500 mA, for some reason over-riding the 1A power input. And it has weird issues with not waking up if only the USB and not HDMI is attached.

The experience has been "good enough", but in my mind only justified the existence of a dedicated device for this purpose. It's incredibly useful to have a portable, self-powered screen+input that works with any arbitrary computer.

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