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#92I definitely have a soft spot for these first MacBook designs. The plastic wasn't very good, but they looked so cool compared to most of the competition. Plus the introduction of x86 was really exciting.
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#93I remember these Macbooks did tend to break apart at the corners of the palmrests. But I like the idea of re-visiting Macbook plastic chassis w/ new inside. I would love to know what the weight is in the end. Can the old Macbook chassis lead to a lighter weight computer than the current 1.23kg Macbook neo and Macbook air?
> I remember these Macbooks did tend to break apart at the corners of the palmrests. Not the corners for me, but the "feet" of the topcase digging into the palmrest, which would splinter the plastic, then you'd have holes in the case and jagged plastic splinters digging into your wrist as you typed, not enjoyable. This: https://ismh.s3.amazonaws.com/2014-02-24-macbook-topcase.jpg is exactly what mine had, on both sid…
Same issue with mine, and I came in the comments to see how many people were affected. I’m very surprised OP don’t have the problem with his unit.
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#94This is super cool! These are the Macbooks that the new Neo model reminds me of. Except now the author's machine is much more powerful and in a classic chassis :D
I liked the glowing Apple logo touch. Perhaps if author wants to enhance this part they could mask off the Apple shape so there's less light bleed. But looks cool as-is.
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#95Wow, 64 GB of RAM. I'm really tempted to build a modern computer into an HP Jornada case. I really miss that form factor. It's pocketable yet has a usable keyboard.
DDR4 so not that bad
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd like it in a setup that makes usable as a portable without a lot of setup. IMO it is feasibly to disable the keyboard/trackpad and just put my keyboard on top but it isn't ideal.
This is so established a thing that it has a name: Sonshi Style. https://dylanbaileywrites.medium.com/sonshi-style-an-obscure... I have an external Thinkpad USB keyboard with full-travel keys, a built-in trackpoint, 3 physical buttons, and no trackpad. It cost me about £60 new, 3 years ago. I use it with my MacBook Air when travelling, and a cheapo external USB-C screen with a broken laptop mount. The MBA is slim, li…
Wow... had never heard of sonshi-style. Thanks for that!
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#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is so established a thing that it has a name: Sonshi Style. https://dylanbaileywrites.medium.com/sonshi-style-an-obscure... I have an external Thinkpad USB keyboard with full-travel keys, a built-in trackpoint, 3 physical buttons, and no trackpad. It cost me about £60 new, 3 years ago. I use it with my MacBook Air when travelling, and a cheapo external USB-C screen with a broken laptop mount. The MBA is slim, li…
Wow... had never heard of sonshi-style. Thanks for that!
I have to admit, my Japanese is extremely rudimentary and I couldn't remember the exact term offhand. I had to look it up.
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
I used to run Linux (JLime Linux) and NetBSD on those. I did prefer the bigger NEC MobilePro competitors though, but I spent so much time on those Jornadas in college.
At some point some kristoff guy was developing some flashrom boards so that jlime linux on the hp jornada could have actual suspend to ram. On one hand, it would’ve been cool. On the other hand, at the time netbooks were becoming common and were essentially taking the spot of those kind of devices (jornada 728 etc).
Kristoffer Ericson was the driving force behind JLime Linux.
Along with OpenZaurus, these early hobbyist efforts to run Linux on embedded devices formed the basis of what became OpenEmbedded and has since been renamed Yocto, still one of the most commonly used embedded Linux development platforms.
I miss those days.
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#99hey i did that