Pinebook – A $100 14" ARM laptop

Re:Pinebook – A $100 14" ARM laptop by rwmj on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @10:39AM (#14349908)

That's also 4.5x as expensive.

I wouldn't mind something like the original 1999(?) Sony Viao which had a really awesome half-width form factor: https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/CPmuEiWzAXOiJxBRD98rJ_86x1Y...

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Re:Pinebook – A $100 14" ARM laptop by emptythought on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @03:15PM (#14352398)

This design actually continued for quite a while. The last model came out around 2010: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Vaio_P_series

Unfortunately, it's saddled with probably the worst series of atom intel made, the original Z(with the awful powerVR gpu).

They still go for quite a bit on ebay, because people love the 1600x768 form factor. I had one for a while, but ended up selling it because i couldn't get over how bad the performance was(720p youtube was a no go, for example). The GPD is sort of a replacement in spirit, but i liked that form factor a lot.

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Re:Pinebook – A $100 14" ARM laptop by rwmj on Tuesday May 16, 2017 @03:51PM (#14352688)

Yeah - I don't get that. People are still reselling your computers on ebay for far more than they should and no one at Sony / any other computer company thinks that maybe it might be a good idea to investigate why.

What I particularly remember about that computer was that it slipped perfectly into the inside pocket of my jacket (remember this is a full featured circa-1999 laptop running Linux!)

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