Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket
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Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket
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#2one day, I will have my OQO
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#3I love seeing these projects but can't imagine what in the world I'd do with one of these devices. Small computers that don't benefit from the mobile UX tradeoffs and don't quite have keyboards or screens or a hinge to support putting it down and typing on it.
They're cute though. If you had one, what would you be doing with it?
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#4I wish they made a 17inch open source laptop, even if it was slow. I don't think I could use that thing.
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#5I wish they made a 17inch open source laptop, even if it was slow. I don't think I could use that thing.
Not 17 inches but their first project was a laptop:
https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2020-05-08-the-much-more-p...
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#6I love seeing these projects but can't imagine what in the world I'd do with one of these devices. Small computers that don't benefit from the mobile UX tradeoffs and don't quite have keyboards or screens or a hinge to support putting it down and typing on it. They're cute though. If you had one, what would you be doing with it?
Until the hardware totally gave out, I used a Sony Vaio P which is of similar size, but had a keyboard usable by a human being. I loved the thing as just a terminal on the go, if I had ever repaired the 3G modem it would have been literally perfect. Sadly the hardware is miserably old now and nobody has many anything like a replacement with a keyboard that doesn’t have its own stress injuries named after it.
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#7I love seeing these projects but can't imagine what in the world I'd do with one of these devices. Small computers that don't benefit from the mobile UX tradeoffs and don't quite have keyboards or screens or a hinge to support putting it down and typing on it. They're cute though. If you had one, what would you be doing with it?
I've seen good hardware level network engineers using small form factor portables as isolated "known setup" units for running packet filters, malware scans, diagnostic scripts etc against racked units in situ.
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#8MNT makes some pretty cool devices. I follow them pretty closely.
This pocket reform is in the R&D stage, the photo in the article is a preliminary render.
They're expensive though. The current reform laptop is fantastic but its a thousand dollars thereabouts. The pocket reform will probably be close to that in price, at the very least not comparable in price for the specs, but with open hardware. If that's worth it to you.
The good thing I'd they're open hardware, you can download all schematics and fabricate them yourself if you want to.
@mntmn@mastodon.social for those of you that want updates from the horse's mouth.
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#9MNT makes some pretty cool devices. I follow them pretty closely. This pocket reform is in the R&D stage, the photo in the article is a preliminary render. They're expensive though. The current reform laptop is fantastic but its a thousand dollars thereabouts. The pocket reform will probably be close to that in price, at the very least not comparable in price for the specs, but with open hardware. If that's worth it…
> The good thing I'd they're open hardware, you can download all schematics and fabricate them yourself if you want to.
That's true, but since you mention the price, it will cost you much more than simply buying one.
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#10one day, I will have my OQO
A girl can dream, can’t she. Unfortunately, username checks out.