“Go on. You’ll cream your jeans. Thing’s ten years old and it’ll still wipe ass on most anything. Guy name of Automatic Jack built it straight up from scratch.”
I’ve been eyeing the PocketChip (https://getchip.com/pages/pocketchip) lately but the keyboard is a major turn off. I like the approach of a nice solid keyboard.
It’s a really interesting layout. I think I’d prefer the handle at the top and the keyboard off to one side, but it’s fun to see alternative designs for portable computers.
I wonder how hard it would be to sacrifice screen size and build it on some kind of pull-out drawer behind the keyboard, like an in-car DVD player. That way you’d be able to transport it with less worry of damaging the screen as well.
I was going to say that you can just tilt the screen or laptop but the diagonals are at mostly different angles. Probably should be a UX guideline on avoiding that if one doesn’t exist already.
Wow you could balance this on your knees while you sit in the lotus position and become one with the computation.
I wish pictures of the device in use were included. I’m having a hard time picturing how you use this.
I’ve been eyeing the PocketChip (https://getchip.com/pages/pocketchip) lately but the keyboard is a major turn off. I like the approach of a nice solid keyboard.
My PocketChip does a great job of sitting in my drawer for this exact reason - that and the segfaults, the endless segfaults…
I recently printed a keyboard for mine:
http://w1xer.at/pocketchip_keys.jpg
.. makes the whole thing about 10x more usable/friendly on the fingers.
Still though, I believe the Open Pandora/Pyra Dragonbox is going to be a much better contender for these sorts of use cases.
Nice job! I like the idea of having a fairly tiny Linux box to throw in my bag for emergencies / fun.
The GPD Win apparently will run Linux and is a nice little thing. I prefer my GPD XD which runs Android for gaming, but the Win has a keyboard.
It’s a really interesting layout. I think I’d prefer the handle at the top and the keyboard off to one side, but it’s fun to see alternative designs for portable computers.
I wonder how hard it would be to sacrifice screen size and build it on some kind of pull-out drawer behind the keyboard, like an in-car DVD player. That way you’d be able to transport it with less worry of damaging the screen as well.
Can you imagine taking that on the train? Really?
My neck hurts already from just looking at the pictures.
I was going to say that you can just tilt the screen or laptop but the diagonals are at mostly different angles. Probably should be a UX guideline on avoiding that if one doesn’t exist already.
That’s pretty cool as a project, I guess you don’t have to take it at face value!
I work during my commute on the train, 2.5 hours every day. Thank god for laptops, phone “mobile hotspots” and noise-canceling in-ear headphones.