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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 03:39:45 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

   Want this form factor to return

   • µPD7220 Enthusiast (pawlicker@outpoa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 04:59:30 JST µPD7220 Enthusiast

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot tfw I have that same laptop
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   • MachineMadeDog (machinemadedog@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 04:59:36 JST MachineMadeDog

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot was just thinking about how kickass the old ultradock and bay stations used to be.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 05:00:40 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • MachineMadeDog

     @MachineMadeDog That’s what made me want them again. I want something that CLICKs into position with a thunk. These ones are gay, just little USB-C plugs now.

     Not that I really need one, from what I see they’re all desktop replacements. I don’t need that, ULM CPUS are too weak for daily desktop use with a bunch of monitors

   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 06:23:21 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • pyrate

     @pyrate Of all the things I never see, having a left-side bank of programmable hotkeys really mystifies me. If your right hand is on the mouse, you can be way more productive with a few options on the left hand.

     If I could get that, and a square LCD I’d be pretty content. Though I like a numpad too.

   • pyrate (pyrate@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 06:23:22 JST pyrate

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot ive been trying to wrap my head on how to design a case that will fit a pi4, 65% mechanical keyboard and a 7" LCD into a 'compact' cyberdeck like this.
     
     No mouse of course because why would a cyberdeck user ever have need for it?
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 06:28:42 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • BroDrillard
     • µPD7220 Enthusiast

     @Bro-Drillard @pawlicker Someone said it has a little flip-out kickstand to stabilize it. I assume they weren’t kidding, because old thinkpads were legit business tools

   • BroDrillard (bro-drillard@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 06:28:43 JST BroDrillard

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     • µPD7220 Enthusiast
     @pawlicker @WashedOutGundamPilot Isn't that right-side numpad rather flimsy?
   • pyrate (pyrate@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 06:30:17 JST pyrate

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot that's all very maximal for my minimal needs, but can dig it. Usually the top row of keys on a key board are my number and symbol pad. On such a system I'd be diagnosing equipment or scratching quick code. Pair with an pre-generated LLM and I got a field machine that will literally glow so hard no woman will approach me at the coffee shop.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 06:30:17 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • pyrate

     @pyrate It all depends on your workflow and what you’re doing.

   • 🐦ulon :blobshp: (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 11:23:44 JST 🐦ulon :blobshp:

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     • pyrate
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @pyrate I wish numpad on the left had taken off. There's some irony in iPad screens being the most practical high-resolution 4:3 panels to acquire, a while back I was mulling over slapping a 12.9" iPad Pro into an old 13" or 14" ThinkPad chassis and rigging up the keyboard+trackpoint as a bluetooth peripheral. Don't think I could handle iPadOS though, at least not for that.
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   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 11:25:27 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • 🐦ulon :blobshp:
     • MachineMadeDog

     @birdulon @MachineMadeDog Maybe I just use too much. Even with a lot of RAM and an i7 it can get throttled pretty quickly. If you have something with good cooling, then you can make it work.

   • 🐦ulon :blobshp: (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 15-Apr-2023 11:25:28 JST 🐦ulon :blobshp:

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     • MachineMadeDog
     @WashedOutGundamPilot @MachineMadeDog I loved the aesthetics of the ones I used with the ThinkPad T60, though sadly I had to be careful about docking/undocking with the screen shut as it would straight up kill the laptop and require a battery pull and reinsert to be able to reboot.
     
     From a practical standpoint, magnetic USB-C is quite the step up. Desktop replacements have been pretty practical since second gen Ryzen or so, very capable laptop SoCs that can drive quad 4k displays, though admittedly I've only seen miniPCs slap enough ports on the board to make use of that, laptop vendors didn't care enough.