jandoenermann@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoI installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computingwww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down14
arrow-up199arrow-down1external-linkI installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computingwww.zdnet.comjandoenermann@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI can’t imagine many people would find this a pleasant device to do any actual work on. Maybe writers on the go, as the author says, though with a dubious keyboard layout even that is questionable.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIf you have to carry a separate keyboard, it defeats the purpose of an 8" laptop…
minus-squarenull_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDocks are pretty great now. I have a dock at home and at work. Single cable to plug in and get proper peripherals, 2 + 1 monitors, and power. It’s nice to be able to undock and go sit in a Cafe to read emails or do whatever you don’t need full regalia for. I can see this working on a smaller form factor.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoI haaaate typing on a laptop, layout not withstanding.
I can’t imagine many people would find this a pleasant device to do any actual work on. Maybe writers on the go, as the author says, though with a dubious keyboard layout even that is questionable.
If you have to carry a separate keyboard, it defeats the purpose of an 8" laptop…
Docks are pretty great now.
I have a dock at home and at work. Single cable to plug in and get proper peripherals, 2 + 1 monitors, and power.
It’s nice to be able to undock and go sit in a Cafe to read emails or do whatever you don’t need full regalia for.
I can see this working on a smaller form factor.
I haaaate typing on a laptop, layout not withstanding.