@[email protected] to [email protected] • 30 days agoHey! I found this old laptop for $500. Do you think I should buy it? Can I run Linux? Arch obviously.discuss.onlineimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1388arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1362arrow-down1imageHey! I found this old laptop for $500. Do you think I should buy it? Can I run Linux? Arch obviously.discuss.online@[email protected] to [email protected] • 30 days agomessage-square50fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@linearchaoslinkEnglish1•29 days agoI you’re going to hack one, this one is much cooler https://www.ebay.com/itm/186640570101 there’s a teardown here: https://hackaday.com/2020/04/27/teardown-vtech-whiz-kid-luggable-computer/
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•28 days agoWwwwow. Yeah that is cooler. Is that just a repurposed oscilloscope?
minus-square@linearchaoslinkEnglish1•28 days agoRealistically with that screen size you could put anything in that thing. How do you get the impression that it might be a little smaller than it looks though.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink2•28 days agoYeah, since it’s for kids, I think we need an adult sized hand in there for scale. Or a banana
I you’re going to hack one, this one is much cooler
https://www.ebay.com/itm/186640570101
there’s a teardown here:
https://hackaday.com/2020/04/27/teardown-vtech-whiz-kid-luggable-computer/
Wwwwow. Yeah that is cooler. Is that just a repurposed oscilloscope?
Realistically with that screen size you could put anything in that thing. How do you get the impression that it might be a little smaller than it looks though.
Yeah, since it’s for kids, I think we need an adult sized hand in there for scale. Or a banana