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I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing (www.zdnet.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you very much!

I need exactly something like that thing! :⁠-⁠D

Something I can just connect to a device to gather logs and don't need to care, that it's lying in the dirt for a few hours.
Currently I need to use my main laptop and I'm always anxious to get it destroyed. Either by dirt/dust or a careless worker in the warehouse.

So this thing seems to be just perfect for such tasks

Can't even express how happy and excited I am now, waiting for that sexy little thing to show up in my mail :⁠-⁠D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There was a MacBook 12 inch like this that my business partner loved. It would last all day on a charge and he was building our app with it (Xcode and I think clang builds).

This was 10 years ago though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

But can it play doom 3?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It looks pretty cute. But holy shit the mouse on that thing looks awful to use.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I like my T14 with touchscreen but I kind of wish I went a little smaller. Cost $300 refurbished with a 2 year warranty though, and it runs great!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

It's a fair bit older than yours, but I've been so pleased with my X260. I originally got it as a side to my T480 but I find myself just taking the X260 when studying and leaving my T480 as a docked laptop because of the smaller form factor, battery life is way better (6 hours for my use) and for what I do (attending online classes, programming, and other studies) the performance is good enough (on LMDE, it probably wouldn't take Windows well anymore)

The later X series like the X280 have options for quad core processors I believe if you wanted more performance. Given I only paid $120AUD for my X260 and I like the slight chunkiness of it (feels more rugged for on the go) that the X280 lost, I'm not upgrading anytime soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Idk, seems really cool but I have big hands and I'd be reluctant to get anything smaller than a full size keyboard. Definitely looking for a small linux-only laptop that still has all the ports I would ever need.

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