Considering the size of current smartphones, using laptop as more compact alternative is quite clever idea.
Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone
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Re: Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone
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Yes, whoever can shrink this down to the size of something that would fit in your pocket would make a killing. Imagine not only being able to make phone calls, but use productivity software and even browse the internet.
Here you go: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5
The request said 'shrink it down,' it didn't also say, 'neuter it to 3 gigs of RAM and cut CPU and GPU performance to a small percentage of what it was such that many modern websites won't function.'
The T480 as a daily driver, while slow by current standards, would still meet the needs of many. I use mine often and with plenty of RAM and storage it's still very capable, if underpowered for some tasks.
Incessantly trying to make the Librem 5 happen, as if it's the answer to everyone's needs without a shred of practical reasoning, just makes the project look like a silly novelty.
Re: Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here you go: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5
The request said 'shrink it down,' it didn't also say, 'neuter it to 3 gigs of RAM and cut CPU and GPU performance to a small percentage of what it was such that many modern websites won't function.' The T480 as a daily driver, while slow by current standards, would still meet the needs of many. I use mine often and with plenty of RAM and storage it's still very capable, if underpowered for some tasks. Incessantly tr…
Yes, shrinking things down has it's own costs and tradeoffs, what a surprise. Some people may find such tradeoffs suitable, in case the main features are still there. I do in this case.
Re: Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
The request said 'shrink it down,' it didn't also say, 'neuter it to 3 gigs of RAM and cut CPU and GPU performance to a small percentage of what it was such that many modern websites won't function.' The T480 as a daily driver, while slow by current standards, would still meet the needs of many. I use mine often and with plenty of RAM and storage it's still very capable, if underpowered for some tasks. Incessantly tr…
Yes, shrinking things down has it's own costs and tradeoffs, what a surprise. Some people may find such tradeoffs suitable, in case the main features are still there. I do in this case.
Then actually state the specific costs and disadvantages when you respond if you have even a shred of interest in contributing anything remotely informative, so you're actually adding to the discussion versus consistently adding little more than noise.
Otherwise, you're just conducting a years-long, nearly endless amount of low-effort, shallow shilling of a commercial product here, as if it's the simple and pat answer to nearly every question asked, no matter how tangential or unviable, or more charitably, how particular a use case it serves.
Someone could complain about their 60 mile commute by car, and you'd say, "I really enjoy walking two blocks to work, you should buy these shoes," add nothing more, and then move on to do it to others several more times that day.
In a way it would almost be sad if you aren't getting paid by them to do this, because it's all so incredibly...measly.
Re: Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, shrinking things down has it's own costs and tradeoffs, what a surprise. Some people may find such tradeoffs suitable, in case the main features are still there. I do in this case.
Then actually state the specific costs and disadvantages when you respond if you have even a shred of interest in contributing anything remotely informative, so you're actually adding to the discussion versus consistently adding little more than noise. Otherwise, you're just conducting a years-long, nearly endless amount of low-effort, shallow shilling of a commercial product here, as if it's the simple and pat answe…
> Then actually state the specific costs and disadvantages
Some of those are quite obvious and others are very subtle, so explaining everything is a waste of time. I do reply when someone asks additional questions.
> as if it's the simple and pat answer to nearly every question asked
I already mentioned to you earlier that this is not true and I comment whenever someone cares about the freedom of computing.
> In a way it would almost be sad if you aren't getting paid by them to do this, because it's all so incredibly...measly
Would you say the same about my years-long shilling of Qubes OS, too?