This Ultra Portable 8 Inch 2 In 1 Laptop Is Actually Pretty Awesome!

[@hassaman5]

I used to have a Toshiba Libretto in 2005, I had some fun on that. Miss it a lot.

[@hassaman5]

The Toshiba Libretto also had the CD drive that clipped onto the bottom of the keyboard FYI

[@Jacktheliqour]

as an artist this would be perfect for bringing my references and the main bulk of my art files while I'm on the go, I'm going to wait till the N200 and N300 version comes out before picking one up though

[@Dogsnark]

What goes around comes around, comes around. I still have a minicomputer about this same size I bought in about 2008. Of course it didn’t have the power this new one does, but the idea is pretty much the same.

[@mattblatchley2061]

exactly what I was thinking'

[@smosabi7415]

Funny, minicomputer has a different meaning in the mid 60s to mid 80s.

[@jean-marcb8746]

Between that and a tablet, I choose the laptop

[@ochiorbus]

These laptops would do great with a snapdragon CPU. I dont understand why companies dont try to implement this kind of format + CPU for 11 to 13" screens.

[@mikPet81]

same reason companies rarely put the cheap U series of AMD in anything these days, they hid behind the " silicon shortage" excuse and prefer to dish out only top expensive products which gives them a higher profit margin

[@Sekowon]

I was going to say that it would be sick to use as a pihole or a media server interface machine, but given that there are no ethernet ports, sadly it falls short.

[@winthropdc1]

Look at the GPD Pocket 3 or GPD Pocket 4 as they have ethernet ports (and much more)

[@MervinAbi]

beautiful. if only they made the screen to body ratio higher. like very minimal bezel

[@rabinana-kh3nm]

something like this was a dream come true for a security guard 15yrs ago. them days i window shopped archos 8 inch tablets.

[@WhiskyCardinalWes]

I still have my, now ancient, MSI Wind that I carried around in my cargo pocket.

[@trueemids.]

wouldve been perfect..

[@andros4323]

@@rabinana-kh3nm why is it a dream for a security guard?

[@patryko3k]

​@@andros4323A mini PC is a great option for night guards because it offers a convenient way to stay entertained during long, quiet shifts. With a mini PC, you can easily bring your favorite movies, TV shows, or games with you to work, so you'll always have something to do when there's not much else going on. Plus, its small size makes it easy to carry around and set up, so you won't have to worry about lugging around a heavy laptop or desktop computer. Overall, a mini PC is a great investment for anyone who wants to stay entertained and productive during those long nights on the job

[@PJ-sv4iw]

Are you still a security guard in 2024?

[@Blue-eu5qn]

Something like this with android would be nice.

[@TotalMK]

I want this thing... hardly anyone sells it thou!

[@TheLexikitty]

Omg it’s so cute. I miss netbooks.

[@Sh1njanRoy]

@@TheLexikitty ayyyy lexiiii miss u on emkay 🥹

[@azraeihalim]

Netbook 10" standard. This one is smaller

[@TheCoolDave]

but, even when netbooks were released, most of them were crap, so under powered.....I still have one of mine... even with a SSD it's hard to use...

[@elemileTLDR]

Maybe Cemu, RPCS3 and even Ryujinx might work on it with some tinkering.

[@0x29aNull]

I NEED this! I've been eyeing UMPCs for years and this one is the best size/specs to run my cybersecurity software

[@BamBam-gs7eb]

Just curious what would you be running on it/use case? I'm tempted but more for the form factor - could be a curious portable testing box.

[@husky3g]

I'm curious what the battery life would be with Bazzite. Windows is such a battery hog, I imagine it would be even better.

[@TryxyPixy]

I have one big question.. does the screen support windows pens? If I can use a surface pen on that thing.. that'd be amazing.

[@randywatson8347]

It reninded me of the sony Vaio P and the ancient Toshiba Libretto CT70 (although it's performance was like a full fledge 486DX desktop tower!)

[@MrWanderingBug]

I was always fascinated by window based mobile, tabs & mini laptops. I love the versatility of windows and when that space was taken by android I was never comfortable. This product looks really promising and i hope to buy it someday in future.

[@RichardSanchez137]

If it was AMD it would be a hit!

[@samueldraws]

That we live in a day where a low end processor has this much power is absolutely wild. Especially packed into this form factor.

[@NScherdin]

This plus a butterfly keyboard(see the Thinkpad 701C) would be awesome. Oh, and a track point nub instad of the optical sensor.

[@KingdomChronicles-p9q]

Reminds me to my manager calculator's I used to own in the 90s capable of storing phone numbers and notes, exchanges and calculations and basic tasks with their astonishing 32/64/128kb memory.❤ This could be cool to run Linux on.

[@Chris-rg6nm]

Brings me back to my netbook days, it stuggled doing anything

[@malthuswasright]

The Samsung NC10 was awesome, especially if you expanded the RAM

[@cyberlord64]

Not if you tweaked the software. I was able to install a custom debloated windows 7 on the miniscule 8gb ultraslow "ssd" of the Acer Aspire One and with some deep tweaking it's speed was acceptable. Yeah, it was still bad compared to actual laptops of the time but, boy, didn't I feel cool being the only person in the campus with a tiny netbook when it first came out. Lol!

[@slothnium]

Welcome back netbooks, but now the hardware has matured so it doesn't feel terrible to use. The only thing I wished it had was a 2280 m.2 slot, but I can totally understand it has size constraints.

[@kyledupont7711]

I can actually see a use case for this device from somebody that Uses a Tablet with a Keyboard for work. The problem with the tablet is that it doesn't run Windows apps which 2 I need for work sometimes. I don't like using my Laptop because it is overkill most of the time, and it dies quickly when not plugged in and its one drop away from being damaged at any time, whereas the tablet can withstand being bumped around more like a Phone. This mini laptop looks like it solves all those issues

[@edwardfletcher7790]

This is a REALLY REALLY nice design, great choice for the backlit keyboard 👍 There's a big number of people who'd be interested in this IF IT'S LINUX compatible !!

[@orange3203]

I remember the old OqO pcs. Cell phones have mostly killed the ultra portable market but theres still applications for a tiny full windows pc.

[@MidWestWaters345]

perfect size for an unfriendly ghost! 👻Kaspersky👻

[@verablack3137]

This reminds me of my old MSI Wind U100 but that even in 2009 the limits of 1GB of ram and 140GB 5400 RPM spinning hard drive were a bit rough. Windows 7 Starter was very slow, MacOS Snow Leopard was better but Hackintosh compatibility was always hot and miss so I ended up running Crunchbang Linux on it.

[@AlexMartin72201]

Seems like the n100 would make a good small form factor handheld gaming pc. Something the size of the Switch lite with similar battery life for indie, emulation, and older titles.

[@ng5mekus]

you can increase the speed and sensitivity of the mouse in the settings

[@vgfxworks]

The form factor is awesome would be great one with the Snapdragon X Elite (X1E-84-100) 16gb ram 256gb storage

[@yayyayyyyalisa]

I always test Mario Kart 8 Deluxe running on Yuzu. For weaker systems, you can set the graphic renderer to be "Software" in PCSX2 to make PS2 games run smoothly.

[@desmondkong2000]

Definitely suitable for watching movies, playing music, casual web browsing, and handling urgent paperwork outside of work hours.

[@martinjjnoagenda5536]

Those low power chips are actually pretty good. Not meant for gaming, but they do everything else very nicely. This is quite a nice model mini laptop or a tablet with a keyboard. It would probably run Android also.

[@dacbiet]

This reminds me of the Sony Vaio P netbooks. It’s so small that you can literally pocket them

[@DisposalFur]

I would love to see you run Linux on this thing, and bench it as an everyday machine. Especially the battery! I love dinky little devices like this, and they go paw in paw with Linux so well ^^

[@amir-zt8mu]

Dude super cool !

[@jamesraykenney]

Can you try running the Affinity graphics suite on it? You can get a free 6 month trial if you do not have it already... I need something to put in the camera bag for quick and dirty editing, and data backup... Is it comparable with the Samsung 4TB m2 SSD that is on sale right now? Does it have a ssd slot?

[@Aman_Mondal]

If they could put a new Intel chip of higher power than the N100 then I would happily get this. I need small PCs to be back.

[@mattblatchley2061]

that is really cool...I hope the UMPC comes back in style like it was over a decade ago!!!

[@TabletPro]

Would be cool to try the fullscreen trackpad we make on the device. Be nice to have that whole touchscreen as the trackpad

[@skins4thewin]

I thought you were gonna test the Mini HDMI port? That's what I really wanted to see. Thanks for showing us this though, seems pretty cool!

[@dudeh9702]

I'd love to have a look at the internals to see what is easily upgradeable such as the WLAN card, the SSD, battery, etc.

[@Eric-v9u9u]

Tracpoint instead of optical sensor world make this chef's kiss

[@rajmadhure]

Make one with those Asus chips in the ROG Ally X and I'm sold. (agree with other commenter about Legion Go)

[@greenprotag]

I am surprised we are not seeing more "mini" netbook style snapdragon devices that are in this form factor. I suppose snapdragon was looking to/ more interested in competing in the 14-16" market.

[@Peterotica]

hope more devices like this take off in a year or two when more chip makers like MediaTek enter the game. intel just isn’t suited for tiny netbooks or tablets

[@alap1983]

Instead of an Intel or an AMD CPU, it would be interesting to see an ARM CPU with Windows 11. As a mini netbook, it won't need a LOT of processing power. Instead, an ARM CPU could help boost battery life and run cooler.

[@escukandceterisparibusedit8729]

Wonderful, every day more magnificent mini PCs

[@GreySectoid]

A comparison to steam deck physical size would have been nice, it's hard to observe how small this is.

[@alfonsodonotsi6691]

I need one, put linux on it and use it to code anywhere. It's amazing.

[@Spee33]

Interesting lil pc, can't wait to see those with slightly more powerful hardware..

[@tripjj8662]

netbooks are back

[@quarteratom]

You should run the PC port of these high-end console games. PC ports are native, run faster, eat less performance.

[@And-vx6ry]

Somethung like this would be better if with lunar lake igpu and video codecs.

[@kglaybkk]

I used to have Netbooks in my childhood. I still remember that those devices struggled with their Pentium CPUs and low RAM. Haha. Nowadays, I would choose an iPad over those devices. But still, those little things were cute.

[@babaroga73]

That keyboard layout looks pretty ingenious

[@skorpysk]

For those who just want the facts it's decent cuz of the N100 processor and it's ~400$

[@ashadowintime7305]

Damn it aint cheap. N100 mini pcs are under $200. I dont know

[@lolzer340]

@ashadowintime7305 it currently discounted to 299 in the uk which aighnt htat bad (unlike my spelling it too late to fix it)

[@pesto12601]

@@ashadowintime7305 was hoping to hear it come in at $225... $400 is no bueno!

[@gamec0re141]

used n100 and youtube is not really that snappy. and with 400 usd price tag? pass.

[@dohmarau]

@@gamec0re141 yeah, the n305 would have been a better choice

[@JanuszKrysztofiak]

Very small, yet it has normally laid out arrow keys, unlike in many larger laptops, where up and down keys are halves.

[@stalkholm5227]

I prefer smaller tablets, paperback sized or so, but they're kind of hard to find. This seems like it's up my alley, I wish I wasn't flat broke. =/

[@lihtan]

I'd love to see a version of this that has an internal LTE modem!

[@FirstName-l1j]

Please test linux on all of your devices. You could unlock a whole new audience. Just 2 extra minutes at the end of the video would be very satisfying 🙏

[@Audiodump]

Linux holds 4.3% of the pc market and is full of incredibly contentious arguments about what version is best. Not worth the effort.

[@PeBoVision]

Return of the netbook. Not seeing the value at the pricepoint for such a niche product. I'd gladly take one as a gift but it would likely just get thrown in the closet with my Asus eee pc from 20 years ago (which kept my interest for a hot minute). I would definitely swap out Windows for Zorin or LMDE tho. Turn it into a poorman's Steamdeck. (If I'm not mistaken, my old Asus eee pc came with Linux.)

[@christophernewhouse5832]

That laptop is adorable.

[@double0cinco795]

HDMI and USB out would be sweet as something like a portable console to interface with headless machines.

[@onecleangti]

This is like a nod to early netbooks. Man I missed this form factor but intel atoms really let us down

[@laser31415]

My 2008 Acer Aspire One with the Atom chip runs LMDE the 32bit linux mint debian edition in 2024. It's dedicated to ham radio use only, but I still love that form factor. I was able to get a new battery pack for it a couple of years ago, otherwise it is still stock hardware.

[@onecleangti]

That’s epic. I had a blue aspire one that was a dedicated obd2 and industrial plc laptop

[@husky3g]

Yeah, Intel Atoms were horrible. If they'd sacrifice just a tiny bit of size for at least an i3, in most cases, older netbooks would have been so much better.

[@onecleangti]

@@husky3g these new N series chips are pretty slick, but I do wish apple would bring the M series to the 12" macbook. I know its wishing but its a damn good form factor and intel also let apple down big with the m3, m5, m7 and the later i3, i5, and i7 dual cores

[@ShivSilverhawk]

Hmm. That’s really romantic, screams Cyber Deck vibe. Considering the price, I’d still stick to my iPad Pro or a good thinkpad.

[@Mini_Celeste]

I feel like they could've just used a trackpoint and it would've been so much nicer.

[@siddhantone]

I'll love to see plasma mobile on it.

[@miskaknapek]

awesome - thankss for bringing thus up!

[@verschepard]

Looks like the Asus EeePC from 2008.

[@DeangusMcFife]

looks like the prototype Razer Switchblade from 13 years ago.

[@skins4thewin]

If they ever make this w a better AMD chipset & 16GB RAM, I will buy one!

[@Mrs.Twilight-wt6jb]

Perfect laptop to play portal 1 and 2

[@TheCoolDave]

neat little device, a netbook on steroids....

[@warwickben]

So some one finally made a legit cyber deck

[@tsaukenneth4209]

Nice. They should work on the bezels to make it more futuristic 😊

[@BinauralBae]

Netbooks are back baby

[@chuckles3265]

People Who Need This < People Who Want This

[@inversion66]

Netbook, slight return?

[@JhonSalchichonRambo-c7u]

3d print a joycon adapter for that mini PC, and now you have a gaming handheld.

[@huzcer]

or just buy a steam deck which will do a much better job (and can run windows if you want) or Rog Ally with windows from the outset. without going to all that hassle.

[@fredklier]

I would love to see it with Linux!

[@DarkusObscurius]

With this amount of RAM Linux would be preferable.

[@husky3g]

Same thing I said. Bazzite would be great for this thing.

[@InvokedAlbaz]

I would like something small like this to do my tax accounting on the go. Thank you for this video. Must check it out! Great review!

[@ChaChaSlide_69]

I feel it's important to ask if it runs linux. I don't think anyone else has.

[@Mrs.Twilight-wt6jb]

You can make it run linux

[@chazmichaelmichaels88]

As the other guy said, I'm certain you could run Linux OS if you wanted to. Doubt it would do well running a VM, though.

[@thomas.thomas]

i don't know a single piece of tech that runs windows that cannot run linux as well

[@pju28]

Try please POP OS on it - Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

[@angryox3102]

Looks like something I’d want to install Linux on

[@AC-io8qs]

Netbook. These were replaced by tablets with keyboard cases.

[@erinsabs]

Reminds me of my Fujitsu U810.

[@shadowhacker27]

bring back Holo Keyboards

[@patxo__pascoaltembe]

Nokia Lumia esteve muito à frente da sua época.

[@billj5645]

That's really neet, and small probably too small for me. I have a tablet that is slightly larger at 7" x 10" and I would like to have a laptop slightly larger than that, maybe 11" or 12". I remember years ago the holy grail of notebook computers was 8.5" x 11" so it would fit in your briefcase just like a stack of paper. That was before universal use of Windows which lead to every laptop coming with a touchpad and that killed the 8.5" x 11" form factor. I wanted a text-based 8.5 x 11 for coding and never got one. Now I'm at a point where I prefer a 15" laptop because it's easier to see and I put up with the larger size.

[@julien1907]

i would love a video of this tiny machine running Linux

[@nickb9470]

It looks an awful lot like my Linux based Sharp Zaurus from back in the day.

[@michelletaylor9256]

It would be nice to show this being used for people who would use this in a job. I am an occupational therapist who goes to people’s homes for assessments, potentially something like this would be great to write up our assessments. And yes, I am one of those people who uses back cameras on tablets, as we often need to take photos for home modifications purposes, or of wheelchairs or equipment people are currently using. I would imagine architects and builders would be similar. Not everyone works in the tech world. It then saves mucking around with transferring photos (although I do use link to windows which has made it easier to do). I use apps like measures that allow drawing on a photo to add measurements. It is frustrating to see in most of these videos so much time spent on gaming. I’m sure that if people are gaming, this would not be the sort of device that you would want to use. Plenty of other better options.

[@sonicase]

back in the day we would call these 'netbooks'

[@JollyJokerTheMetalhead]

I still have the Acer Aspire One netbook, though it's slow for now but not obsolete, installed Batocera on it and now it becomes a retro gaming device

[@supremerulah420]

​​@@JollyJokerTheMetalheadyup, I have one with about 2 inches of dust on it. 😂

[@allenlark]

miss those days. you felt like you had so much power in your hands. i don't feel like that with my phone even though i should

[@wayando]

This seems more powerful than the old netbooks

[@chivarmaximillanpilones820]

so we are going back to the Asus Eee PC days from a decade back

[@targetmann100ify]

Those where slow as F back then

[@rootedinasia2725]

@@targetmann100ify i recently got my old one running. my god was it slow AF

[@KaifongChang]

​@@rootedinasia2725not only slow AF, the fan noise is as loud as my Asus Zephyrus.

[@polar_inertia]

the performance diff is like day and night.

[@trentdabs5245]

Isn't this think just a small tablet with a keyboard ?

[@craciunator99]

I wouldve loved something like this back in college. I LOVED netbooks back in the day, that 10.1" form factor was amazing for college. Man I would love to have this now, but its not worth the money to have just for fun.

[@MorgothCreator]

Yeah, I'll wait for the AMD version, for sure will look good on my pocket 😁

[@brandyschroeder4759]

Samsung should actually do this

[@Wiggleswithgiggles]

Dude I can use that on my mini bike