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Re:$149 Chromebooks by Sanddancer on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @04:12PM (#9299548)
I've got a $100 tablet and $30 bluetooth keyboard running windows. This means that I have a small form factor machine that I can develop on, and with a usb otg cord, I can connect to near anything I want. Finally, it comes with a real bios, so I can install whatever operating system I want on it, without doing silly things like removing screws.
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Re:$149 Chromebooks by bobajeff on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @04:35PM (#9299703)
I would like more details on this. What kind of development are you doing? What was the specific tablet and bluetooth keyboard you got?
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Re:$149 Chromebooks by Sanddancer on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @06:09PM (#9300244)
Development is mostly using Avr Studio to do embedded stuff. The tablet was the Asus VivoTab8, the non-note version, unfortunately. The bluetooth keyboard was just some generic keyboard and case [1]. My only complaint really is that the meta keys are cranky within putty, but other than that, it's been pretty solid for me.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KCKXIXE/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_d...

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