Chuwi Minibook X

Why must he say Hackers is a classic film. It was a pivotal part of my life. I'm not even that old

I loved the Netbook class; the MSI Wind was such a fun device that you could take everywhere. Decent battery, good screen and fantastic keyboard.

> "Netbooks are dead"

Not if you buy an eeepc off ebay and put a light linux on it, then they're as good as always. Love me a good netbook

This is how I feel about Emacs.

The appeal isn't necessarily the end result. It's the process of tinkering, learning, and gradually making the tool your own.

That $350 price tag is good for that configuration. Not sure how fast the USB-c ports are. It should have an HDMI 2.0/2.1 port. Mini PC's with the N150 CPU support 2 4k@60Hz monitors.

This vs Dells new XPS 13? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351808

Would the rotated panel mean that any screen tearing is vertical or is the screen update order also changed when the screen rotation is changed in the settings?

> Keyboard is terrible – it only registers keystrokes when you hit the exact center of each key.

So, unusable for blind typing.

920g for a 10" is also crazy much. LG make 14" laptops under a kg.

I want something like the Sony Z4 tablet. About 600g with keyboard dock. Thin, waterproof (not the keyboard), days of standby, 4G supported, the keyboard was excellent.

If it would be possible to run a current version of Android on it, it would be perfect.

Why did they use x86_64 in the article instead of AMD64?

I have a Chuwi Lark Box from a few years ago. The volume less than my fist, it's great for doing occasional Windows stuff.

The Crash Override boot up screen tho. HACK THE PLANET!

I'll take my gpd pocket 4 over this for sure, though funnily enough it has essentially the same screen problem.

For that price, I'd get an old, second hand, Thinkpad X1 carbon with a new battery.

I love netbooks and I am curious to get one of these at some point - I can’t justify one right now.

I do have my ASUS EEEPC 701 4G Surf still working. I think it is 18 years old at this point? It is rocking Antix, in its 3.6 GB hard drive. It broke the S key in the keyboard last night and I ordered a replacement.

I use it as writer deck and to ssh to my server and raspberry pi from the sofa.

It is built in a very resistant way? Survived my kid so far.

> 16 GB RAM – LPDDR5-6400 – soldered [crying cat emoji]

No need to cry:

1. Per ark[1], "Max Memory Size (dependent on memory type) 16 GB" - you wouldn't be doing much with modular RAM, anyway

2. Swapping BGA package RAM actually isn't THAT hard. If you invest a few hundred monetary units now in a hot air station, some flux, a few relevant stencils, some solder paste and/or appropriately sized balls, fine tweezers, and (for extra credit) a €£$60 AliExpress LCD microscope, you never have to cry again when the laptop you prefer has soldered RAM, a soldered M.2 1216 SMT Wi-Fi module, a flaky USB-C charge port (ThinkPad plague), etc. Guess how many Raspberries Pi 4 I've upgraded to 8GB RAM!

[1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241636/...

Netbooks aren't dead, they're just called Chromebooks now

> Keyboard is terrible – it only registers keystrokes when you hit the exact center of each key.

I wish laptop manufacturers would pay more attention to this. I'm stuck using older laptops because modern laptops can't reliably pick up keystrokes.

I'm missing netbooks so much, there's just no decent 10" laptops on the market anymore.

I got myself a 150$ N150 chromebook, yoinked a Linux on it and using that, despite the terrible screen and build quality, but at least it is disposable.

Are the specifications listed in the article reliable? It's difficult to trust them, considering Chuwi has a history of misrepresenting CPU specifications.

I have a 1netbook with the same form factor and capabilities - I absolutely love the foldable screen which turns it into a tablet device - but it is really a problem to use as a tablet device while gripping it, because naturally that grip will press buttons on the keyboard.

Does the Chuwi Minibook X have sensors that minimize this 'bug'? I've been looking for a way to disable the keys on tablet mode, but can't really seem to get it right (Ubuntu Studio) ..

where can i pick one up thats reputable?

Zimablade chose the same 12v/2a power. It's in the original spec for usb-c pd negotiation.

Client side (device) sets the current draw. Weird take to not use the supplied psu.

Bummer that it has a fan

It's not particularly cheap. There are cheaper 14.1" laptops which are probably better-built, with a more responsive keyboard etc. Not sure why the poster chose this one.

Sounds like the netbooks of 2008: bad in every way, but hey, it's small?

i was seriously considering one of these about one year ago, but i was not 100% convinced and I ended up deciding to wait and see what else would came out (mostly driven by the rumors about a cheap macbook).

I ended up buying the macbook neo and frankly i think i made the right choice.

of course the macbook does not run gnu/linux (for better or for worse).

I have a couple of x86 tablets from Chuwi where I run Debian with plasma-mobile.

Battery life is crap, on the new one the webcams aren't supported by linux because they aren't v4l.

With plasma-mobile there is no need to mess with configuration about the orientation since it just flips the screen the way I'm holding it.

I contributed a couple of patches to KDE to improve the experience on touch devices but overall there is lots of applications that already work fine on a touchscreen. Alligator, kasts, a few kdegames, angelfish.

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A notebook that weighs more than a kilo is simply not a good thing

– Linus Torvalds

If you are an adult, able-bodied human male, and you even notice a laptop being "heavy" becauase it's over 1000 grams, I am sorry but your health is fucked. I am not a strong man. But if you are so weak 200grams extra or whatever bothers you, sort your life out. Seriously. You will feel so much better.