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InFocus's New Kangaroo: a Screenless $99 Windows 10 Portable PC (venturebeat.com)

Posted by timothy on from the give-'em-out-like-candy dept.

An anonymous reader writes: InFocus today debuted the Kangaroo, a $99 Windows 10 portable PC that "goes anywhere and works with any screen." The term "mobile desktop" may seem like an oxymoron, but that really is the best description: Picture your typical desktop PC tower shrunk down to the size of a phablet sans screen; just like any desktop, you'll still need to connect a mouse, keyboard, and monitor.

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  1. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You should see my mobile basketball court. Well... it's just a ball really.

  2. Re:Nice! by stooo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does it run Linux ?

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  3. Re:Nice! by kheldan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does it run Linux ?

    I second this question; I'm done with Windows and Microsoft in general, and would rather not have a computer at all anymore than ever have Orwellian Windows 10.

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  4. Re:Nice! by Vitus+Wagner · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you want to run Linux, buy something ARM-based, like Banana Pi or Raspberry Pi 2. There are quite descent boards, and they are much cheaper than $99.

  5. Re: Nice! by kenh · · Score: 4, Informative

    The $99 cost for this computer includes wifi, Bluetooth, a case, power supply, 4 hour battery, and 32 gig of storage. To similarly build up a Raspberry Pi would cost almost as much as this computer at $99.

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  6. Re: No screen? by kenh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Did you notice this is from Infocus? They are in the business of selling projectors, I think this is being viewed as a portable PowerPoint machine.

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  7. Re:Nice! by KGIII · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or, as I prefer, no OS at all? I don't want (or need) you to put an OS on my box. I can, and will, do that on my own. In fact, it's the first thing I do. If I want BSD then I'll put it on there. If I want Linux, I'll put that on there. If I want Windows, well... Let's not go that far, but you get the idea. I'm happy, capable, and willing to accept any risks and do my own software support, thanks. I don't need an OS installed, I can read the help files if needed. I don't need to have anything pre-configured, thanks, I'd prefer to customize it myself (and probably will) so you're not really saving me any time. I don't want "just works" out of the box. I want what I want to "just work" when I'm done with it.

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