From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Van L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Suggestions for 1L computer to run Emacs 2019 Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 12:58:27 +1100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="215919"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (darwin) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 09 03:02:19 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsHyE-000u4T-Ic for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:02:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38037 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsHyD-0003ht-Ey for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:02:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57857) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsHxk-0003hn-Pw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:01:49 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsHxk-00014T-1K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:01:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=46964 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsHxi-000132-1N for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Feb 2019 21:01:47 -0500 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsHxg-000tIy-C2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:01:44 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:Dp0rJSXLLIA/+JHxYorABu4AEeQ= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:119297 Archived-At: >> System76, HP, ChromeOS suppliers satisfy the 1L constraint but they >> don't look serious like, not even, the Apple TV puck. > > Indeed Apple is one of (if not *the*) most serious company in terms of > not letting their customers own "their" devices. If, indeed, Apple does privacy protection from the likes of AMI, Apple's justification for wanting to protect "their" devices is understandable. >>> A cubietruck definitely fits the 1L constraint and runs a recent Emacs >>> just fine, and there are hordes of similar little beasts out there. >> The cubieboard is like the Raspberry Pi, some have the Mathematica >> package. The look of them is like the fork in Toy Story 4. > > Not sure whether that means it's a good fit for your use case. > [ And not only because I haven't watched TS4. ] It could be made to fit if it doesn't, but to see it everyday as an unattractive object for 5 or 10 years would be very, very depressing like wearing the nose on the earliest model Tesla roadster. (One was thrown in space and the nose was framed out from the viewing angles.) > If you need something silent (and hence fanless), it's not the worst > choice and it's damn cheap. Thanks for the insight. > Stefan "hoping System76 will have fanless desktops next time he > needs to replace his own" I'd like a 128-bit RISV 32-core cpu in an Apple TV puck Amazon ships. -- © 2019 Van L gpg using EEF2 37E9 3840 0D5D 9183 251E 9830 384E 9683 B835 "What is connectivity?" -John Sculley