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Honest question. How is that any better than a small laptop? Is the price point that makes the difference?


The price, and I’m also interested in portability and robustness. My plan is to hot desk with this thing between three locations: my office in school, my classroom, and my home office.

I also want something weird. Kids kind of look down on PCs and especially Linux. It’s seen as kind of crappy compared to the shiny of iPhones and Windows gaming rigs. I hope to show them that there’s a third kind of computer with which one can do a lot, that also happens to be pocketable and under $100.

(And also: ANSI keyboard Pinebook Pro has been sold out for weeks.)


You could do the same thing with a $100/150 NUC and get better performance and software compatibility - https://www.amazon.com/Wintel-Pro-Mini-ordenador-T8/dp/B083V...


I wish Intel or some other company would make a usb-c pc stick. So that I can plug it into a usb-c hub, do work, then later move to another usb-c hub and continue.





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