JDTAY
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They put the whole computer into the keyboard. That's right, modern computing has finally caught up to the eighties!
The old retro: Pocket PCs. The new retro: Keyboard PCs!
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They put the whole computer into the keyboard. That's right, modern computing has finally caught up to the eighties!
levi
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Where do you insert the floppy disc though?
dimag0g
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They'll download the Internet and flash it in there, in case your WiFi goes down.
dimag0g
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I fail to understand what exactly is "new experience" here. I'm typing on a similarly-shaped keyboard right now, and having an extra square foot of desk space (where my laptop is sitting) is hardly exciting enough.
ible
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why not put in a nice mechanical keyboard? now if your keyboard breaks your computer dies...
comradekingu
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They put the whole computer into the keyboard. That's right, modern computing has finally caught up to the eighties!
Take a good keyboard, throw that away, get a new worse keyboard, put a PC in there, load it with an OS that spies on you.
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Looks better to me than these PCs in a stick. At least you have the physical space for ports and no need to add dongles to what is essentially a fixed PC.
A fanless and cheap one would fit my parent's computing needs for example.
But you can as well buy any 2nd hand laptop with a broken screen, remove the lid and achieve the same thing without producing more e-waste.
A fanless and cheap one would fit my parent's computing needs for example.
But you can as well buy any 2nd hand laptop with a broken screen, remove the lid and achieve the same thing without producing more e-waste.
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And you you'll get a way better keyboard too with an actually usable touchpad... Having a pocketable computer that needs a full size screen is not that useful and carrying a full size laptop base does not seems to bad given the additional power, battery, better keyboard and trackpad...
Why not put the computer under a separate leopard? Make a flat computer around 8mm thick, 45cm wide and 16cm deep. Then you can put it under your leopard, minimising desk clutter - but you can use any leopard you want. Model M, sleek glass panel, or anything in between.
Ventilation shouldn't really be a problem for everyday computing nowadays, anyway.
Ventilation shouldn't really be a problem for everyday computing nowadays, anyway.
rygD
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I don't see it minimising clutter, but it might be hard to use. I doubt anyone would try to steal it, though.
ible
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a computer built for modularity with big cats? i guess that way you can put a lion on it if you like.
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I have this idea based around the Pyra and mechanical keyboards...
Start with a compact TKL (Tenkeyless) mechanical keyboard.
Put a Pyra touchscreen above the F5-F11 keys.
Put a Pyra's nubs & game controls to the left/right of that (shoulder buttons on the back edges even).
Computer in a mechanical keyboard - complete with display. Perfect for serious typing, remote desktop applications and the occasional gaming while waiting session.
It would be a $750 keyboard computer. Hmm...
comradekingu
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For price low satisfactory welcome customer.
kuru
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It's nice to see at least that the latest atom x5 is rather affordable in this device. But no integrated pointing device and no integrated battery. Hm :/
The suggested use case, bringing it to a meeting, will still have people lug around a mouse and a PSU in addition to that keyputer, assuming the presentation room has the video cable. A regular laptop makes more sense.
Looking at the tiers they'd of course love to equip whole companies with those things. Businesses surely can't wait to get that non-servicable throw-away hardware instead of regular office PCs or thin clients.
The suggested use case, bringing it to a meeting, will still have people lug around a mouse and a PSU in addition to that keyputer, assuming the presentation room has the video cable. A regular laptop makes more sense.
Looking at the tiers they'd of course love to equip whole companies with those things. Businesses surely can't wait to get that non-servicable throw-away hardware instead of regular office PCs or thin clients.
