• Treedav@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I’m not sure on Starlab’s background or people’s stance on them, but I think this looks pretty nice.

    Coreboot, 3:2 aspect ratio, magnetic keyboard, aluminium finish, I’d say makes this a pretty compelling alternative to a surface. Specs aren’t super beefy, but I don’t think they need to be in this form factor. Introductory price on this seems nice, too.

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      1 year ago

      I’d say makes this a pretty compelling alternative to a surface.

      And like a Surface, it puts a desktop OS onto a tablet, basically repeating Microsoft’s mistake.

      Specs aren’t super beefy, but I don’t think they need to be in this form factor.

      There’s a difference between “not beefy” and a super crappy 1.00GHz Intel N200. A hardware OEM just needs to go to AMD and pick off the shelf whatever is the closest thing to Steam Deck’s CPU.

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        1 year ago

        Desktop OS on a tablet is fine and even preferred depending on what you want it for.

        I have a surface and don’t mind using full windows that way.

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          1 year ago

          Desktop OS on a tablet is fine and even preferred depending on what you want it for.

          If the use case is to use a tablet as a tablet, then a desktop OS is not fine. Source: Me and my Surface Pro 7 which is unusable without the type cover.