<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I’m sure you’re not going to like this but … <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you value your time, an iPad would be perfect. It runs a version of Unix under the hood, although it’s generally inaccessible. The apps available for use with stylii are pretty amazing.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Get a used one that takes the first version of Pencil. You can also use 3rd-party stylii as well.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Other than that, I’d say Samsung has been supporting a stylus in their Note line of phones for nearly a decade and they’re far more experienced with that sort of technology than Dell IMHO. But that’s mostly on Android.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There was a company that made awesome pen software for Windows, but Microsoft bought them and I could never tell if they just hid them in a closet or revised their stuff to the point where it’s unrecognizable. (Whenever I hear of MS buying something, I figure it’s just a competitor they want to get out of the way and it won’t be around much longer.)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">As far as “how much” to get … I keep most of my machines for several years, so when I get a new one, I like to max it out because the tech curve moves fast.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The upside to that is you can get a 2-yo model with decent quantities of transistors for pretty decent discounts. Probably great to use as martyrs for those drop tests.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Remember when Bill Gates said somethign like, “Nobody will ever need more than 640k of RAM”? You sure wouldn’t get much out of that today, eh? :)</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 11, 2021, at 10:06 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss <<a href="mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" class="">plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">moin moin,<br class=""><br class="">I picked up an Acer 2 in 1 with touchpad for kid. We really needed to<br class="">finally replace the laptop that had been gravity tested a few times at the<br class="">beginning of the pandemic.<br class=""><br class="">First thing kidling wanted was to install Krita ( much disappointment that<br class="">it wasn't on there by default ). Many hours have now been spent<br class="">discovering how to use a stylus.<br class=""><br class="">My wife is an analog artist, but likes what she's been seeing, so now I<br class="">need two devices that can use stylii.<br class=""><br class="">I had picked up the Acer from Woot and they immediately ran some Samsungs<br class="">for less money. The Acer requires a little bit of a bios dance to get<br class="">running with debian ( and a non-free ethernet driver ), but has otherwise<br class="">been great and much better than the dell we're replacing.<br class=""><br class="">A similarly priced Samsung is similar for features, but I don't really<br class="">compare hardware specs anymore since I don't often buy hardware.<br class=""><br class="">Acer:<br class="">* 10th Gen Intel Core i5-1035G4<br class="">* 8GB LPDDR4<br class="">* 256GB NVMe<br class=""><br class="">Samsung:<br class="">* 8th Gen Intel Core i7-8565U<br class="">* 16GB<br class="">* 512GB SSD<br class=""><br class="">There's also a Samsung for $200 less<br class=""><br class="">10th Generation Quad-Core i7-10510U 12GB DDR4 SDRAM<br class="">512GB SSD<br class="">no USB C :(<br class=""><br class="">I like the idea of more RAM, but the family doesn't really need that. They<br class="">don't run containers and databases and test deployments on laptops. Seems<br class="">a waste to me :).<br class=""><br class="">They need pretty decent hardware ( we should have far less drop-testing as<br class="">that lesson has been learned ), with a decent touchscreen that will work<br class="">for a while. They do need computers they draw on rather than tablets they<br class="">compute on. They will be running debian ( or derivative if we must ).<br class=""><br class="">Links:<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=SJEG7TF39YLaAIMD0HhsfPQJkh8pzYmRf1ESlhPFrAPFMqWWj5EtcE73na2d2LmwbnEl5xQ9NMvMTdKC8I6RXEH-2Bee5RS6ZoZ9MkKfio2QxlkYL4ntRQWWZ40d-2F7JtPq7Zz5_o-2BjQxMsWfboH-2B-2BcY2qb3IYCoqvthnvff9ftZz0pNEJ2tF1jbVlVBtrlaPYq4av3GUrDtx8Cje025fiWCUMtQRCrA7zSYswyi-2BHsjhiOTyk64Jih6fyXSTuXvYeBuaQA-2FIt6-2BIz6y-2BXlD-2Bh-2BG9-2Fx0y2GAfllkNlViDmBf-2BcLBhY2TAYomPbEFE3aQV7WkaN2C3TN2ykHYiBNLo4H8NH3iepacW-2Fye8s-2BrJe52Jxnb-2BAQ-3D" class="">https://computers.woot.com/offers/acer-spin-5-convertible-laptop-3?ref=w_cnt_wp_3_6</a><br class=""><br class="">https://computers.woot.com/offers/samsung-notebook-9-pro13-3-i7-2-in-1z?ref=w_cnt_wp_5_8<br class=""><br class="">https://computers.woot.com/offers/samsung-galaxy-book-flip-fold-laptop?ref=w_cnt_wp_5_3<br class=""><br class="">Also, an opportunity to podcast as root:<br class=""><br class="">https://computers.woot.com/offers/sudotack-usb-streaming-podcast-pc-microphone-1?ref=w_cnt_wp_3_1<br class=""><br class="">ciao,<br class=""><br class="">der.hans<br class="">-- <br class=""># https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org<br class=""># "Civilisation is a race between education and catastrophe" -- H.G. Wells<br class=""><br class="">---------------------------------------------------<br class="">PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org<br class="">To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:<br class="">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss</div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><img src="https://u2206659.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/open?upn=6lpMB7VLnN-2Fj9-2FEErg8-2F-2BMBpb5QxlByTgv2M3fbWD9ebvC-2BWrN3h7jImK8EVWYBeB-2BD1xXtCd2FrQWqVt7iAURfAlMHUJJTjZSELY-2BqlzWkw-2FJ0HYHDaT66mx2aKxeyPMsZmVB8uIF-2BbMpSUGUoxGIJEAqo4K76gojp5L-2BhiR-2B5kGFBYy84FrcixININFWAPtcKYo9aQJ9KdUQwTSk-2Bnbc6zDhtKtJdKamtZk6M4Tj4-3D" alt="" width="1" height="1" border="0" style="height:1px !important;width:1px !important;border-width:0 !important;margin-top:0 !important;margin-bottom:0 !important;margin-right:0 !important;margin-left:0 !important;padding-top:0 !important;padding-bottom:0 !important;padding-right:0 !important;padding-left:0 !important;"/></body></html>