Game Boy CameraI don’t need a Vaio P, I don’t need a Vaio P, I don’t need a Vaio P, I don’t...
Kurisu@gameboycamera I wish this form factor of PCs was still around. I mean back then most ultra small PCs really sucked, but nowadays I'm seeing what tablets and portable game consoles are capable off, and I wish there was still something that's designed to be used as a PC first and foremost
@KurisuVanEdge oh yeah, agreed 💯
aeva@gameboycamera is this a real thing :O I want one
@aeva oh yes! Netbook in the 2010s - though I hear it’s pretty terrible because it’s underpowered. Tho I keep wondering if I could put a low-powered OS on it
@gameboycamera ah butts
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If this was a thing now, I'd be sorely tempted. My Insignia windows tablet is half dead. The form factor (and colors!) are great.
If this was a thing now, I'd be sorely tempted. My Insignia windows tablet is half dead. The form factor (and colors!) are great.
@lungkisser.bsky.social@gameboycamera Oh yeah! This is the one that had the PS3 menu bar on it! I remember! I wanted this thing so bad att for that reason which is super silly, but it was way expensive (of course, Sony).
myname@gameboycamera I actually have one and I love it. If it would be available with a somewhat modern ARM cpu, I would absolutely buy that.
I loved the Fn key on the right side together with Fn+Up/Down/Left/Right as PgUp/PgDown/Home/End. Navigating was a breeze.
I loved the Fn key on the right side together with Fn+Up/Down/Left/Right as PgUp/PgDown/Home/End. Navigating was a breeze.
@myname that is the dream, hah!
Océane@gameboycamera Out of curiosity, why not an MNT Pocket Reform? (This isn't my favorite MNT product so I'm unlikely to get one in the short term, but it seems to be in a ~similar form factor doesn't it?)
@oceane oooo, I hadn’t seen this before! It’s quite a cute little laptop! Hmmmmmmmmmmm
Hanneke@oceane @cwebber @gameboycamera The Vaio looks so much better though. But I do carry a gpd pocket 2 in my purse 😅
@h5e @cwebber @gameboycamera Hmm I haven't looked up its specs; I crave for MNT's modularity and sustainability, and honestly, the Pyra minicomputer is closer to my price range (but ugly as sin)
@h5e @cwebber @gameboycamera Oh and the keyboard looks like crap; I probably could use my own mechanical keyboard with it, but it definitely isn't in the MNT's product line.
@h5e @cwebber @gameboycamera Anyway, the Vaio might be a cool small form factor computer, I just wonder how long it will last, or if any part will actually be replaceable or repairable.
@oceane @cwebber @gameboycamera The vaio is from 2009 so I doubt it is particularly usable and that you’re sol if it breaks unless you have a donor and are comfortable tearing down and repairing tiny laptops 😅
@oceane @cwebber @gameboycamera there are a few different trims (also I think there’s a successor now). It’s already a few years old but it does okay for some web browsing or light gaming.
@h5e @gameboycamera That looks cool, it reminds me of the Gemini PDA, an Android device which is (or was) officially supported by Sailfish OS
@oceane @gameboycamera Yeah that’s a pretty cool device too!
@h5e @gameboycamera The reviews are good, but honestly I couldn't even buy one handheld device; this one would probably be my favorite in this price range though.
There's also the Beepy which is even cheaper, so of course that depends on what you're looking for – this looks like a cool ultraportable Emacs device to be honest.
There's also the Beepy which is even cheaper, so of course that depends on what you're looking for – this looks like a cool ultraportable Emacs device to be honest.
@oceane @gameboycamera I wanted some more common hardware for longevity so that’s why I picked the gpd back then. Although I didn’t have much luck installing a linux flavour, the “official” distribution was already out of date when I got mine and a newer one had all kind of driver issues so it runs Windows 11 currently. Undoubtedly the linux situation will be a bit better now but I’m okay with windows for now.
@oceane @gameboycamera but admittedly it’s a significant expense for what in the end kind of boils down to a frivolity for me
@h5e @gameboycamera I depends on your income; an MNT Pocket Reform feels like a frivolity to me, but I still crave for one, lol
@oceane @gameboycamera Well yeah of course, some people can drop that kind of money ten times over and not notice it but €1000 isn’t impulse buy territory for most, including me (the gpd was a little more affordable at €750-800, and at some point the craving won 😬). And the machine has limited applicability for most people (hence me calling it a frivolity).
@h5e @gameboycamera It is an impulse buy, thinking about it gives me gender euphoria, but I'm gonna have to spare money for about an entire year to get one. Still an impulse purchase tbh
@oceane @gameboycamera maybe we’re operating with different definitions of “impulse buy”. To clarify, with that I mean something one buys on an impulse. Like see it, like it, buy it. If one has to mull things over a bit, have a serious think about where to get the money from, maybe save up even, it’s not buying it on an impulse. So when I see a nice purse for €30 and buy it it’s an impulse buy, if I see a nice laptop to put in it that costs more than my monthly mortgage and I have to save up my disposable income for a few months to be able to afford it, it’s not. (In all this I’m assuming somewhat sensible financial decisions and not buying things one doesn’t need and can’t afford).
@h5e Sorry it was a joke on monotropism, I'm autistic
@h5e @gameboycamera Honestly I've hosted a domestic predator and he would use my ThinkPad T60; he got used to Fedora/i3 because he could run more programs at once, and it wouldn't heat up the room.
KȺȻⱣɆɌ WØƵNƗȺK@gameboycamera Damn, now I want one 🥲 It looks so slick
Kroc Camen@gameboycamera Hurts every time seeing what a waste the P-series was. It was barely usable on XP (Japan) and utterly unusable on Vista(!). Too many proprietary hardware gubbins means they're hell to get working and getting acceptable performance is insurmountable :(
@kroc that’s the big thing keeping me from picking one up... but dang it’s so nice looking