News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket.

Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by lambdafourtwo on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:12AM (#33004175)
This is cool but phones have fit in my pocket for years. It's all about the form factor if you want a PC.

I'm waiting for the PC that's the size of a thumb drive that you just put into any hdmi port.

All peripherals connect over bluetooth, and power will have to come from the hdmi port.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by green_on_black on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:16AM (#33004192)
... an intel compute stick?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by lambdafourtwo on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:07AM (#33004446)
What? This exists? Does it get all power from hdmi?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by happymellon on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:25AM (#33004527)
No, they normally require a usb power hooked up.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by 4ggr0 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:26AM (#33005570)
A small Powerbank could help in that case, if no power socket is available. But generally power sockets aren't far away from HDMI ports, at least in my experience.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by charcircuit on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:17AM (#33004202)
>I'm waiting for the PC that's the size of a thumb drive that you just put into any hdmi port.

Google intel compute stick for one that already exists.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by kragen on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @02:17AM (#33004781)
In my comment at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33004670 I called out a lot of advantages a device like this could have over a phone.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by michaelmrose on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:55AM (#33004377)
This exists but is a lot of money for a bad computer. By comparison an intel NUC can actually be a decent computer at 4.6 x 4.41 x 2.01 inches. Why would you actually want this?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Open Source PC That Fits in Your Pocket by lambdafourtwo on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @01:11AM (#33004467)
Did not know this exists. Well I want it to fit in my pocket. A NUC can't.
[ Parent | on HN ]