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I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Thank you very much!

I need exactly something like that thing! :⁠-⁠D

Something I can just connect to a device to gather logs and don't need to care, that it's lying in the dirt for a few hours.
Currently I need to use my main laptop and I'm always anxious to get it destroyed. Either by dirt/dust or a careless worker in the warehouse.

So this thing seems to be just perfect for such tasks

Can't even express how happy and excited I am now, waiting for that sexy little thing to show up in my mail :⁠-⁠D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I like my T14 with touchscreen but I kind of wish I went a little smaller. Cost $300 refurbished with a 2 year warranty though, and it runs great!

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (7 children)

I remember my 9 inch "netbook." That thing was dope.

I'm down to see this form factor make a comeback, personally.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

ASUS still makes netbooks.

I bought a little $200 model a few years ago. It weighs 9 oz.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Yeah, my favourite ever laptop. Would love to see the netbook return. Cheap and cheerful. Chromebooks just not the same

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I can't imagine many people would find this a pleasant device to do any actual work on. Maybe writers on the go, as the author says, though with a dubious keyboard layout even that is questionable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

It's not. I carry one(mix 3s) as a pocket laptop for when Im going out but might need to do some work urgently and also as a lightweight backup in case something happens to my main laptop. For the former, it's been great and saved me many times, but for the latter... this did once happen when I bonked the entire screen out. To say it was a painful week while waiting for the replacement would be an understatement. My back was killing me the entire time, and the thing is so underpowered it was easier to remote into that screenless pc rather than trying to launch stuff locally. And even with that, the thing whirred like crazy. It's fine for a few minutes at a time but hearing it sll fay got annoying quick. And dont even get me started on the keyboard...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Docks are pretty great now.

I have a dock at home and at work. Single cable to plug in and get proper peripherals, 2 + 1 monitors, and power.

It's nice to be able to undock and go sit in a Cafe to read emails or do whatever you don't need full regalia for.

I can see this working on a smaller form factor.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, I carry a keyboard with my 17" laptop. Carrying a keyboard with a 8" laptop is that much easier.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Same here, Meko Blink or GK64 are my usuals for my big laptop

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I haaaate typing on a laptop, layout not withstanding.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That keyboard layout gave me a stroke. I'd rather relocate Enter than the apostrophe. I suppose that could be remapped...

[–] [email protected] 51 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Eight inches ought to be enough for anyone!

[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It was enough for yo mom ohhhhhhhh!

j/k

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 days ago

did her twice, huh?

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