Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones and mini-PCs

Re:Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones a... by eigenspace on Sunday August 18, 2024 @05:31PM (#41285667)

I came very close to buying a similar device recently (Nexdock), but ultimately decided against it. I mostly work from home on my desktop computer, and only very occasionally need a portable computer. Since I own a SteamDeck with a plenty strong CPU, lots of storage and a fully functional Linux environment, it felt like such a silly waste to need to buy a whole laptop, when all I really wanted was the keyboard, trackpad, and screen.

Ultimately decided against it though, and got a Framework 13 laptop instead. Less fuss to use it rather than fiddling around with connectors and lugging two devices around in tandem. I also hope that Framework's modular approach means that this laptop won't have been a wasteful purchase and I can keep it as a 'laptop of Theseus' for the next decade or so.

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Re:Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones a... by Bluestein on Sunday August 18, 2024 @05:49PM (#41285810)

> 'laptop of Theseus'

Heh :)

At what point does it cease to be the same laptop and becomes something else?

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Re:Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones a... by hagbard_c on Sunday August 18, 2024 @06:14PM (#41285976)

> At what point does it cease to be the same laptop and becomes something else?

Once you replace the last screw (there are no nails in Framework laptops).

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Re:Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones a... by SahAssar on Sunday August 18, 2024 @06:59PM (#41286235)

What makes the last screw the identity? Why not the second last screw? What if you put in the second last screw after you removed the last? What if I put in a nail? Maybe nail some cork to it to make it float?

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Re:Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones a... by Bluestein on Monday August 19, 2024 @06:27AM (#41289679)

> What if I put in a nail?

Seriously, for thought: Will we ever (if ever) have electronics, screens ... that you can actually drive a nail through (remaining functional, to whatever degree, of course ...)

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Re:Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones a... by Brian_K_White on Sunday August 18, 2024 @10:02PM (#41287158)

The point of a nexdock for me would be convenient kvm / crash cart, not laptop. It's all about the video input.

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Re:Laptop-like CrowView Note ready to work with Pi, phones a... by DaSHacka on Monday August 19, 2024 @02:59AM (#41288504)

Precisely, I'm super tempted to mod one of these laptop-shell devices into a little 1U metal drawer to use as a cheap KVM switch for my server rack.

Essentially the same thing as a crash cart, but they're little bit sleeker since you can tuck it away when not in use.

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