[ARMedslack] Hardware advice, plug and laptop.

[Davide]

>Hi !

>I would like to buy a plug-like computer (small form, not especially wall-charger type) and also an ARM laptop.
>It's for a very common usage, internet, video chat, etc.

>Can you guys recommend me some products/websites ?

A lot depends on what you want out of your plug like computer ,,, if you want video output of some sort probably a "Raspberry PI" or a  Olimex A13 (https://www.olimex.com/Products/OLinuXino/A13/A13-OLinuXino-MICRO/open-source-hardware) might be the sort of thing you want, but if it's to be used a sort of appliance (no need for video output) maybe some member of the plug family could be well suited.

For the arm laptop, I don't know if you can get laptop sized ARM portables, but you might get lucky if you can get a netbook leftover that is arm based. Choose one that is know to be able to run custom images unless you are happy to use android. In some countries netbooks have been discontinued, in favor of the tablets, dew to poor demand. You might get lucky if you co to some hyperstore and find some ARM netbook leftover.


For the arm laptop, I think that IBM have e new line of ARM powered laptops one thing you really want to make sure is that whatever you choose is know to be able to run custom images without going mad with issues in the boot loader. If it uses u-boot as boot loader there's a good chance that you can easily run custom linux images.

ATB
David
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