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Ah okay, i just assumed you're a kraut. Then again, my Zigbee-coordinators are ukranian, so that's that :-) I picked the next best, as i never though i'd stay. I would also be fine with something like the nokia communicator from back then. just a bit more modern and open. Or even a blackberry without blackberry. The porsche P9100 (i think?) was a nice thing, i liked it. The thing itself though, not the OS nor the company.
8inch laptop would be something...with one of those tiny keyboards. Lovely.
Right... Those none of these are made anymore. Except some EXTREMELY overpriced "gaming" and/or Intel Atom devices straight from foxconn. Saw a listing for a Libretto 50ct with a broken backlight in Kyiv the other day, by the time I figured I actually want to commit to buying it the listing was gone. Reduced to atoms. Shouldn't have been so indecisive... The seller also included a picture of it running Win95 with a VGA monitor, was funny to see a shortcut named "Kiev map" (old name) right next to an Internet Explorer icon shortcut that says "anime".
Lol. That dude knew what he needed in live. Anime and a way home 😁
And yeah, informed purchases will often bite you in the ass. I usually take ages to come to a decision after weighing in as many factors as I could. By then it's often sold out, EoL or more expensive.
Guess we are just sooooo niche that it's not profitable in the slightest. Though the libretto was a bit on the big side for me. If I carry this around, I could also take my laptop. Which never left the house at all.