What kind of PC/Laptop is this?
What kind of PC/Laptop is this?
I saw it on Mythbusters S5E3
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It's called a FieldGO. https://www.bsicomputer.com/page/fieldgo-f7-portable-computer
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That's interesting, a portable desktop with good hardware? I thought such thing didn't exist at least commercially
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We called them "luggables". They're expensive, but having a server in a box with a monitor was worth it when you could lug it to a customer site and give a live demo of your server stuff. We were doing telephony stuff and you could put a $5000 dialogic pcie card in it and demonstrate call handling live. We can do that with software on a standard issue laptop these days, but the luggable helped seal the deal back in 2005.
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I had a 286 like that (but better build quality), just plug in 220volt and the plasma screen came to life! A 20 MB drive offered a lot of storage space too.
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Luggables are a really cool concept, but their use cases are increasingly niche. It’s amazing what you can do with a computer the size of a power bank these days- but if you really need lots of processors, lots of specialized cards, lots of drives, or lots GPU or something (mobile), luggable is pretty cool.
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Any suggestion for a manufacturer/vendor? I might actually need a few of this at work.
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Another commenter mentioned this: https://www.bsicomputer.com/page/fieldgo-f7-portable-computer but I dont have one myself!
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It's fuckin cool whatever it is.
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SFF PCs always are.
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I built one for work. I was going from location to location programming chip shooters and pick and place equipment. Large database back then of the different components and shape codes.
Now everything could be done remotely or with a standard laptop and Internet connection.
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Modern luggable. Before laptops we had these.
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Ah yes, the good old Osborne
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Sometimes known as a lunchbox computer. Still used for some manufacturing situations where old hardware is needed.
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Looks kinda like the mpc1700 case from IPCtechnology but not quite
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I saw a couple of DIY portable PC like this, a SFF in a suitcase, a portable 15" screen attached to it, hinge with a small keyboard, etc, in a kind of DIY enclosure.
I wanted to do it with my mini PC (a bee-link, it's like 4"x5"x2"), with a usb-c portable monitor (no external AC adapter needed), and my Lenovo Trackpoint Keyboard II (super slim, with a trackpoint so no need for external mouse), all in a small Aluminum Attache Case
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