Why is Japan the only country where this type of very small form factor PC is sold?
I don't know, but Japs are top-tier at building small devices in general.
Pic related. It's a rugged 2-in-1 laptop and tablet with a ton of ports. Only for the Japanese market.
>>55573526
Looks like a comfy machine for bspwm or dwm
>>55573526
Tablets.
>>55573526
They're very popular with grils there and are made to fit in their bags
>>55573551
nah
these are available worldwide as well but the specs are horrible
Because the netbook fad ended a decade ago and Japan will always be stuck in the past.
>>55573551
the bezel though
>>55573574
>having a laptop with small dimensions is a fad
>>55573576
What the FUCK is going on in that pic?
>>55573643
You might be thinking of the Surface, buddy
>>55573551
>$3000 for a core m
looks cool, but fuck that
>>55573551
>no trackpoints
>non-ANSI keyboard
It could've been good.
Because they are manlets
>>55573658
Extreme bezeling to let you know the laptop is good.
>>55573526
That was sold in the US, so was the Vaio UX and various other UMPCs
>>55573526
because they have tiny fingers and fat muricans can\'t use them.
>>55573576
LOL is that seriously the macbook?
Thats fucking hilarious, who even buys that shit?
>>55574068
It's clearly edited. Did you even look at this?
>>55573526
Because they like gimmicks.
>>55573526
These were sold in europe too when netbooks were popular, for ridiculous prices of course
>>55574068
>>55573658
>not seeing the pixels
I see some guys who haven't seen photoshops in their time before
Because they use ancient technology.
The rest of the world is using tablet PCs now.
>>55573576
It's funny because that's essentially what those resolutions feel like to use. Anything below 1600x900 is fucking unusable for me.
>>55573526
Because supply demand faggot
Looking for a small 10" screen laptop to install a simple linux distro on. Prefer at least 4gb RAM but I know that is a stretch for most so will settle for 2gb RAM if need be.
What should I get senpai?
>>55574340
>tfw you will never have a laptop like that so you can shitpost on 4chan and code
ew
>>55573526
>Why is a country of manlets the only country where this type of very small form factor PC is sold?
>>55574379
protip: don't settle for 2gb ram. Browsers these days usually suck JUST enough ram that having just 2gb will cause a lot of swap/pagefile activity and ruin your day.
>>55575231
Blatantly false. The only machine I have that regularly hits swap has 512MB RAM, 2GB is rather decent for browsing.
Westerners care about experience (computing power they don't need to smooth out demn animashuns, cinematic displays, thin at any cost, art and gaming relevant features beat out shit like good keyboards)
Japs care about work (anything will run emacs, heavy computation is for servers, lots of ports, replaceable battery, if you want art or games you buy a device separate from what you use for work)
>>55574319
>The rest of the world is using different ancient technology now
Capacitive touchscreens. How innovative.
>>55575176
get the fuck out you retarded piece of shit inbred autistic shill. you shill your piece of shit in every thread. fuck you and the nigger mongoloid mods that don't bother banning you for shilling shit.
>>55575396
u mad
>>55575396
Why are you so assblasted? That netbook is more worthy for discussion on /g/ than 90% of the shit here. I never would've known about it if it wasn't for him
>>55575407
no shill
kill thyself, mi'lord
>>55575396
There's no need to be upset. :^)
>>55575449
Can you instal linux on this thing?
>ITT: panasonic chink shills
fuck all retarded shills
>>55575558
>stop discussing technology on a technology board
>>55574068
>being literally retarded
>>55575558
There's no need to be mad that you're too poor to afford Panasonic products. :^)
>ITT buttmad shills shilling chink shit such as panasonic
kill your're'reselves xD
Haven't needed or wanted a netbook since I got a smartphone to be honest. Even my Kindle has been left to gather dust since I got Audible. I guess if you wanted to take it easy on your phone battery while on the go, but I already have an rMBP and a few spare batteries for my phone, so I'm not sure where a device like that would fit in OP. I guess it's better not to think too much about what makes the Japanese tick haha.
>itt assblastedneets get upset because they can't afford Panasonic's GOAT netbook with autismbux
panasonic shills on suicide watch
>>55575396
>nigger discovers he can write on the internet
>>55575356
>He thinks Japan is still stuck in 2002
All these umpc's and small form factor laptops in this thread are ancient because those are a dying breed. Japan isn't some enlightened society, they use the same shit the rest of the world does. Umpc's aren't as popular as you think
>>55575615
>$1500 fee to import a fucking 2lb laptop
>dynamism
>ever
Literal kikes.
>>55573576
DELETE THIS
>>55573526
Because tiny computers = tiny dicks
panashills out in full force today
>>55575714
>discussing technology on a technology board is shilling
>>55575714
y u mad tho
Thoughts?
>>55575728
>Shilling technology on a technology board is shilling
>>55575743
>dy
Dropped.
>>55575743
>>55575748
Nobody's shilling anything. Are you really that surprised Japanese technology is showing up in a thread about technology in Japan? I mean, fucking seriously?
>>55573551
I've always wanted something like this, with a good keyboard... the only thing that comes close and I can get in Yurop is a Lenovo flex
Lmaoing at your Facebook machines(and your life).
>>55575231
found the wincuck
>>55575812
Onkyo?
Don't they make like audio receivers, amps and shit.
>>55575883
It's Clevo w230ss, it has onkyo speakers.
>>55575743
those were our school laptops. not actually bad
>>55575883
Not him but i think the audio is made by onkyo. The same when HP laptops says "Harman Kardon" , "beats" and shit
>>55575812
my i7 laptop can gamestream too, faggot
>>55575975
It doesn't need to, it has gtx860m.
>>55575176
I'd love one of those, or if I'm paying for a ruggedized laptop, I would love a standardized modular laptop, which we will never have, because its more profitable to sell 2 year lifespan plastic disposable laptops.
>>55575615
FUCKING WHY SO EXPENSE PANAPHONIC!?!?!?! YOU DUMB FUCKS, YOU PRICED YOURSELF OUT OF WARGARBL!!!
they do look fly though.
>>55575687
$1500, Moishe fujimore, for shame, such a son your mother has!!! (I wish my David was smart enough to charge the goyim this much for something jamal will steal and sell on /g/)
>>55575615
>Pretty much the ideal college laptop
>Costs more than a car
Damn.
You have 10 seconds to explain why I shouldn't.
>>55576490
I can't, I plan on buying one too
>>55576490
personally, i would get another color. but its a damn nice laptop, may you forever troll poorfags and shitpost till you finally die from drowning in pussy.
>>55576490
>$1900 for a shitposting machine
>>55575615
>$4k laptop
is it 1992 again
>>55576490
if you have the dosh, I can't be arsed to stop you
it's your money
>cheapest possible configuration
>>55576490
At least it's not watches. Just about as powerful, but still.
>>55576604
That's just Dynamism being turbokikes and wanting 40% import fee. The actual laptops top out at $2500.
>>55576628
The real question is whether the RAM and SSD are user serviceable.
gay
>>55575356
then why iphones are popular when they could get a 50$ cellphone or their old ghetto smartphone
>>55574387
>"coding" on that "laptop"
Found the HTML "coder"
>>55576490
>180k anime dollars for a meme station with shitty jap quality
>>55574068
off to reddit with you, newfag
>>55574379
Cube i7 Stylus with the keyboard dock (magnesium, magnetically attached, 2 full USB ports).
>>55573551
>tfw no lets note with it's extremely crispy and smack keyboard
>>55575176
why does america have to use only the shit and high volume product
>can't fit comfortably in a pocket
>keyboard not large enough to touch type on
UMPCs are pretty much the worst meme shilled on /g/, even below Thinkpads.
>>55581248
>I don't like it so nobody else is allowed to
This is an 18+ website.
>>55581248
>>keyboard not large enough to touch type on
Landwhale detected.
>>55581351
10 year old manlet detected
>>55581358
Just because you're a gorilla doesn't mean normal sized people are manlets.
Tiny computers for tiny people.
>>55573551
this is wonderful hardware for 2016 standards
great port selection
removable battery
decent IPS panel
Panasonic build quality
too bad it basically doesn't exist outside the Japanese market
how are the keyboards on the RZ* series?
It's a pretty rare model in western markets
>tfw passed up a CF-C2 for 300USD
>>55581134
Can it into Linux?
>>55575812
>bf3
>67fps
what a cuck
>>55573526
You can still get old 9" Asus EEEs for cheap in the US (or the older 7" ones but you can't get those with Intel Atom processors). They don't have that good of specs but they work well for shitposting and general browsing if you selectively allow scripts (which is honestly what most people here would use the for anyways). They aren't quite as small as the VAIO P, but they are similar size to/slightly smaller than the Panasonic RZ4 that everyone's talking about in this thread.
Gearbest honestly has the most up to date netbooks in the market today. And that's unfortunate because small windows computers can come in handy.
I found myself super interested in UMPCs around 2008 but the price to performance ratio was never good.
If you're serious about being mobile with your windows the most practical way is an ultra book. Specifically because that has comfort, unlike UMPCs or netbooks. But if you look at these tiny computers and think "this can be a tool" you're in the right mindset and you should check out what these Asian companies are making. Since Intel's cherry trail you will start seeing a new variant of these UMPCs and I think they're going to be extremely useful for a hobbyist.
>>55582286
>peeling rolling sticker
>revealed surface underneath that didn't get worn at the same rate as the rest of the surface
Fucking disgusting. This is why I peel off every goddamn sticker every time I get a new laptop.
>>55582286
Yeah they are pretty gimped. They are built like a Chinese child's toy too.
I have one with a broken keyboard and left-click button which is a common occurrence apparently.
It didn't work well enough and the screen size is so shitty I didn't bother to fix it.
>>55582306
To extend on that, check out the Gole1. If only it had s built-in keyboard like the Nokia N900 it would be probably the best tiny computer out there, even if it has the chance of breaking or not working 60% of the time, it's a step up from the badass ones from 2006
>>55582286
The trackpads on those things are hellish. I mean, you're not going to find a truly good trackpad on a netbook, but I find eee trackpads especially frustrating.
>>55582286
There was actually a pretty big wave of guys overclocking those fuckers and doing some heavy excel spreadsheet work.
>>55582344
Currently have it set up with i3 instead of openbox like it was in that picture and use the keyboard for as much as possible, it's incredibly comfy when compared to doing anything with the trackpad on that larger laptop. I do have a problem with the trackpad messing up if my fingers are sweaty.
>>55582341
>2 hour battery life
eeeeeh
>>55582418
That's it's weakest link. But fuck man, you can't tell me that shit won't be easy to mod. You can plug in a fucking power bank and run it off of that if you wanted to. Besides, it would be more of a tool then a toy.
>>55573526
They're called laptops. Last time I checked they're everywhere.
>>55582306
>Gearbest honestly has the most up to date netbooks in the market today.
Sadly it looks like they're larger than older netbooks. They don't even list any of the 7" Android models like pic related that I saw a year or two ago so I guess they dropped those instead of updating them. Why have tablets killed off all the cute small laptops without actually providing an alternative (no the shitty flexible keyboard cases available for smaller tablets aren't an alternative)?
>>55582479
>They're called laptops. Last time I checked they're everywhere.
I don't think you realize how small the VAIO P is.
>>55582488
I've got that one, or at least one with the same case. Has Windows CE 7. Too small to type on normally, you either have to henpeck or hold it like a big keyboard phone and type with your thumbs
>>55582488
I just found out that there are hard cases with hinges for the iPad mini and Samsung Galaxy Tab 8". Hopefully they become more popular and someone gets a full Linux distro running on a supported tablet.
Call me when any country decides to put classic keyboards back on their laptops again
>>55582785
There are already full distros. If you're talking about having one that functions with everything out there, not gunna happen. Arm vs X86 yo. That said, the ARM distros I've used have actually been pretty great.
>>55582831
Do more ARM tablets have Linux support now days? If I remember correctly, last year it was just the Nexus 7 and 10 that developers bothered supporting.
>>55574387
>have to make a script for uni
>terminal is open
>will only take an hour or so
>check 4chan around 11p
>still on 4chan @ 2am
>haven't even shebanged
>>55581229
Because Jews don't want to sell you a reliable and powerful system that you won't need to replace in 3 years because the fucking power port craps out
