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It would be nice to see somebody do a device that isn't crippled in terms of hardware and software. In my experience, most hardware companies aren't very good at software and vice versa. Apple seems a rare exception to this rule. I'd love a laptop that I can use outside. Even my current macbook pro isn't that good outside. It kind of works but it's not that comfortable on the eyes. And that's supposed to be a screen…
If we're talking about E ink, it happened to study with a guy who had a boox something and it was really cool, however he mainly used it for notes and for writing, and not for coding. I think they offer a lot of products for various needs, perhaps some of them are backlighted. Boox ultra pro c has an underclocked snapdragon 855 so it shouldn't suck too much, just a little. However, they're not cheap
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Uses a XC7Z010 SoC which also contains a FPGA. https://docs.amd.com/v/u/en-US/ds190-Zynq-7000-Overview Searching the board name "EBAZ4205" brings some interesting results. https://github.com/xjtuecho/EBAZ4205 https://theokelo.co.ke/getting-starting-with-ebaz4205-zynq-7... https://github.com/XyleMora/EBAZ4205 https://hackaday.io/project/187351-cheap-35-and-powerful-fpg... http://cholla.mmto.org/ebaz4205/ https://www.e…
now it's 110€ for me, did we splashdot-effect it?
I had a e-reader, it's just to slow to run anything except reading books. Not sure if the new color screen will improve the experience.
It would be nice to see somebody do a device that isn't crippled in terms of hardware and software. In my experience, most hardware companies aren't very good at software and vice versa. Apple seems a rare exception to this rule. I'd love a laptop that I can use outside. Even my current macbook pro isn't that good outside. It kind of works but it's not that comfortable on the eyes. And that's supposed to be a screen…
> It would be nice to see somebody do a device that isn't crippled in terms of hardware and software. Have a look at PineNote.
I tried to get one since years for fun. The only one that I found that was also shipped to my place was in China, and the seller asked for $1000 (+shipping) for it. I passed. And slowly giving up on buying one.
(Also, with it's RPi3-ish SoC it is not really a laptop replacement)
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Your best solution right now is the 13 inch Onyx Boox Tab X. Put it in front of your MacBook screen and connect through VNC, or leave the Mac at home. They can't connect through wire. Or wait and see if they release a color version of the same size soon.
I have a color Boox tablet, and I am very very disappointed about the colors. Very hard to distinguish many colors and shades. Black and white though is really good.
the main bernefit of eink for me is that battery life is so much better.
However updating the display is more costly in terms of power than lcd.
We can also factor in that most e-reader also include backlight.
As a caveat, I appreciate e-ink technology, and the innovation that it brought us. I would also love to get my hand on one of those color e-ink android tablet. But I am not hoping to have a huge difference in battery usage from it, e-reader are very specialized device and can afford optimization that more versatile device cannot.
It would be nice to see somebody do a device that isn't crippled in terms of hardware and software. In my experience, most hardware companies aren't very good at software and vice versa. Apple seems a rare exception to this rule. I'd love a laptop that I can use outside. Even my current macbook pro isn't that good outside. It kind of works but it's not that comfortable on the eyes. And that's supposed to be a screen…
This company out of Vancouver Canada is doing some interesting stuff, their V1 device isn't quite what you're looking for, but I'd keep an eye on them, my understanding is what you're looking for is where they are going: https://daylightcomputer.com/