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Re:Ask HN: Will e-ink laptops be a thing soon, or ever? by drkrieger00 on Friday May 13, 2016 @09:11PM (#11694139)
Chromebook is the first thing to pop into my head; small panel, battery and inverter would be be able to keep one charged no problem. I dunno how small you can go, but since most chromebook's AC adapters aren't more than 40w, should be able to find something that would fit in a backpack.
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Re:Ask HN: Will e-ink laptops be a thing soon, or ever? by Kluny on Sunday May 15, 2016 @12:58PM (#11701640)
I was thinking about that also, and mentioned it to a friend who has some experience with them. She said that they're terrific as long as you have internet access; as soon as you're offline they're holy pain in the ass.

When I'm writing I want to be offline pretty often, either because I've gone someplace where there's no wifi or because I want to eliminate distractions. For simple word processing, will a Chromebook make my life difficult if I'm offline?

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