GPD mini PC arrives
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@dafyre said in GPD mini PC arrives:
Sweet. What OS?
I love the fact it has a Serial connector (the RS232)!
That was what I was thinking also... that and a REAL NIC. Ports you don't see on most laptops in this day...
Right now,.. default is Win 10 Pro. But,... I'll likely go Ubuntu with it. Will have to see. I don't have time to futz with it to much this weekend as it's Field Day weekend. I'll be up and going about 8-9am tomorrow morning and not 'stop' till about 4pm Sunday. And lots to do before getting set up.
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@gjacobse said in GPD mini PC arrives:
I should add... I've not done anything at this point to it. Appears to be a nice clean - crap free install.
Of course,.. Chocolatey is now running installing some basics.. BAM son
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@dafyre said in GPD mini PC arrives:
@gjacobse said in GPD mini PC arrives:
How much did you pay for it?
I think it was in the neighborhood of about $500 - for the IndieGoGo release. Retail I think will be about $6-700
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The fan is a little irritating. But what can you do on something this small and compact. Oh yea... hit the slider switch and turn it off. But - I'll likely not do that right now.
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and here we are posting from the little bugger
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@gjacobse said in GPD mini PC arrives:
The fan is a little irritating. But what can you do on something this small and compact. Oh yea... hit the slider switch and turn it off. But - I'll likely not do that right now.
Ha ha. You might be able to keep the fan off unless you're using it heavy.... I monitor the temp with SpeedFan on my Windows boxes (anybody know a good replacement for that?)
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@dafyre said in GPD mini PC arrives:
@gjacobse said in GPD mini PC arrives:
The fan is a little irritating. But what can you do on something this small and compact. Oh yea... hit the slider switch and turn it off. But - I'll likely not do that right now.
Ha ha. You might be able to keep the fan off unless you're using it heavy.... I monitor the temp with SpeedFan on my Windows boxes (anybody know a good replacement for that?)
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@gjacobse said in GPD mini PC arrives:
@dafyre said in GPD mini PC arrives:
@gjacobse said in GPD mini PC arrives:
The fan is a little irritating. But what can you do on something this small and compact. Oh yea... hit the slider switch and turn it off. But - I'll likely not do that right now.
Ha ha. You might be able to keep the fan off unless you're using it heavy.... I monitor the temp with SpeedFan on my Windows boxes (anybody know a good replacement for that?)
here you go,...Interesting. CPU temp seems to be good though. Run the fan if it starts melting.
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Cool @gjacobse ! I could see that being useful and portable. Easy to dock with USB C
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But you know what the N4100 it isnt terrible for a celeron. I dont know why Intel carries on the celeron name. It doesnt have the best branding behind it.
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Looks pretty neat.
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@gjacobse what purpose do these serve? I'm think like versus an ultra book or something.
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@Obsolesce said in GPD mini PC arrives:
@gjacobse what purpose do these serve? I'm think like versus an ultra book or something.
Well - that is a very good question.. Likely - none. Even with having a serial port there likely isn't a good or real purpose. You can do everything it can do and more (likely) with a normal sized laptop.
The neat thing about this little puppy is the real nic and serial port, and small size. at six inches it is only a tad wider then my iPhone 6s.. and it's USB C for charging.
It'll fit in a tool bag / box and has a long battery life at a projected 6-8 hours.... But the tiny screen would give any normal / sane person pause as to why to get it.
GPD has released or will release that they are doing another campaign for a 8.9inch model aimed at being the smallest ultrabook for a number of things - that is likely a better choice.
The whole idea on this was it's small size, battery life, ports and such for what work I was doing. That job ended yesterday and I start a new job as more of a Desktop / Server tech Monday. So I'll not need the serial port as much as I was needing it previously.
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@gjacobse said in GPD mini PC arrives:
The whole idea on this was it's small size, battery life, ports and such for what work I was doing. That job ended yesterday and I start a new job as more of a Desktop / Server tech Monday. So I'll not need the serial port as much as I was needing it previously.
That's the story of my life: I always have the right laptop for my previous job...
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@gjacobse said in GPD mini PC arrives:
The whole idea on this was it's small size, battery life, ports and such for what work I was doing. That job ended yesterday and I start a new job as more of a Desktop / Server tech Monday. So I'll not need the serial port as much as I was needing it previously.
6-8 hours of battery life is horrible by today's portable device standard.
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Sitting next to ‘big brother’ on Field Day.
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@gjacobse nice set up. I got on the air for about an hour with the local club afterall
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@jt1001001 said in GPD mini PC arrives:
@gjacobse nice set up. I got on the air for about an hour with the local club afterall
Awesome!
Not shown is another laptop running a TV tuner to watch the local radar... it was all kinds of nasty this morning
