SunBook – Sunlight Readable Netbook (2014)

Re:SunBook – Sunlight Readable Netbook (2014) by GekkePrutser on Sunday May 30, 2021 @01:03PM (#27334644)

I'd really really love a Qi or even better, an eInk laptop. Black and white would be fine. Colour eInk has too bad refresh rates anyway(or useless colours with LCD overlay like eInk Kaleido) For text terminal work it would be fine and the laptop could be really low spec (think raspberry pi kind of specs)

I live in Spain and it would be really nice being able to do some light work outside in the sun. You can do it with some regular laptops (especially with HDR displays) but it will kill battery life and you'll still end up squinting. It's really sad that PixelQi went out of business.

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Re:SunBook – Sunlight Readable Netbook (2014) by salamandersauce on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:56PM (#27336168)

You can get pretty close with an Android eInk tablet like the Boox Note Air and a Bluetooth keyboard with Termux.

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Re:SunBook – Sunlight Readable Netbook (2014) by GekkePrutser on Sunday May 30, 2021 @07:06PM (#27337839)

Close yeah but not really comfortable on the lap or anything.

I always hated the Surface Pro style tablets. Or those Apple keyboards for the iPad. I've tried them but sold them again, they were a horribly unstable contraption.

For me a laptop has the keyboard firmly attached to the screen at all times :) Especially for portable use.

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