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Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by fragmede »

brk wrote: post #59
jdub wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nah, not film rates [1], video: NTSC is 30fps and PAL is 25fps because the cathode ray tube scan rate was built around AC power cycles. When low fps truly Hz. Sorry. [1] generally 24fps because that is culturally what film looks like and people get very weird whenever anyone tries to fuck with it

Not only was it built around AC, the technology at the time only allowed for roughly 1/2 the AC cycles rate. People think there was some great reasoning behind 30fps. It was just what was available, essentially.

The original black and white NTSC was 30/60 Hz but was changed to 29.97 fps in order to be backwards compatible with black and white TVs.

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by djfergus »

jauntywundrkind wrote: post #12
drum55 wrote: post #4

I miss my Sony Vaio P series which fitted in a similar sort of niche, the cellphone radio made it just by far the best laptop I've ever used. Modern laptops don't seem to have provision for a LTE/5G radio which always confuses me a bit, in this form factor it would be ideal. I'm surprised nobody has cloned this actually, with phone screens being the right aspect ratio it seems obvious. https://www.zdnet.com/a/img/201…

I got Vaio P many years after the fact and it was so neat. Alas, the PowerVR gpu Intel included on many of the chips there is quite quite problematic for anything but basic use. Although it just saw more work recently! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-GMA500-Driver-In-2026 I think it was a year or two latter I got a Chuwi Lapbook 12.3, which was a great machine. Lovely 3:2 screen off the Surface Pro, again a prett…

Wow. Have to respect someone spending time on the GMA500. It was terrible when new, I recall Ubuntu being barely able to render desktop without lag. Windows was better but still unpleasant. The vaio p’s odd screen aspect ratio was also a challenge.

I’d love to see someone retrofit a modern soc into the vaio p motherboard form factor. There were a few partial efforts on GitHub but seems like Sony’s miniaturisation skills remain undefeated.

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by someotherperson »

supz wrote: post #80

Why must he say Hackers is a classic film. It was a pivotal part of my life. I'm not even that old

The time difference between today and Hackers is the same as when the film was released and the year 1964. That's the year films like Dr. Strangelove, Goldfinger and A Fistful of Dollars was released.

You (we) are old :)

Re: Chuwi Minibook X

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Post by teravor »

kopirgan wrote: post #56
winter_blue wrote: post #49

Used laptops are such a good deal that you could something high quality in excellent condition for so little that I almost can't justify buying something like this. Like used Dell XPS laptops are ridiculously cheap and they're amazing for the used price. Or really buy any laptop rated highly by Dave2D or other reviewers that's 4 to 5 years old.

Absolutely. Any 2-3 gen old ThinkPad or Elitebook will outlast this and perform lot better. I bought a tablet from this brand few years back. Screen edges were non responsive to touch within months.

my chuwi tablet had the eMMC suddenly die, it disappeared from the point of view of any software, kernel or uefi.

the brand is trash.

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Post by echoangle »

Would the rotated panel mean that any screen tearing is vertical or is the screen update order also changed when the screen rotation is changed in the settings?

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Post by montroser »

This is my daily driver laptop. It's pretty good for what it is. Runs Linux perfectly, not trying to be especially too fast, very nice pixel density, all metal case, sturdy build. Battery life is not the best. Beautifully compact.
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