Nice, I've always wanted my desktop PC to be coupled to the keyboard.
mym1990 1 hour ago||
We're truly living through the cash grab era. $1400 + a yearly subscription for an extremely vague product that will likely lose support in 2-5 years.
LeanOnSheena 1 hour ago|
OS subscription is only for Enterprise accounts. I have one of the first units and I don't pay anything for the OS
nolist_policy 28 minutes ago||
Only for non-commercial usage tho.
JR1427 1 hour ago||
> The case is CNC milled from a solid block of aluminium
What a waste of material and machining time!
torginus 1 hour ago||
Not sure on the first. Apparently almost all alumninum is recycled, and reused, as its melting point is super low compared to most metals, so its not quite as wasteful as it seems at the first glance.
ffreire 1 hour ago|||
Why?
syntaxing 1 hour ago||
iPhones are iPads have a milled CNC “unibody” as well… Being able to dictate where to have more thickness helps a ton on the luxury feel. Most of the chips are recycled anyway into new billets.
xnx 1 hour ago||
Unibody is a very appropriate technique for a small portable device that needs to be strong from force in many directions. It is overkill for a keyboard.
syntaxing 43 minutes ago||
Overkill is the point. Same thing for iPads and iPhones. It gives a luxury feeling. That and Chinese manufacturing have made milling a very cost effective manufacturing method.
jordand 1 hour ago||
I got an unsolicited LinkedIn connection request from a Sales Rep at Caligra (who wrote in the note) offering to 'send one over' to me essentially as a "trial" of this workstation. Says a lot that this is a serious part of their sales strategy.
Nice design, but the website is vague. What about the actual tech specs (not simply GB of ram and SSD space) or a picture of the "user-replaceable" internals? How about a picture of the port layout? About the workbench operating system, the information is also surprisingly light.
Am I missing context here that others have that make this website sufficient?
zerkten 1 hour ago||
My fingers are curling up at the look of the angle on that keyboard. I love the idea and the aesthetic, but I could never use this full time.
ZihengQin 1 hour ago||
Good look. What are the advantages over MAC or cloud VMs? If it is $500~$1000 it could be a good gift. And is the current size a little big? Could it be put into a bag?
iammjm 1 hour ago|
But is mobility really what they were going for? I’m not sure, because they also purposefully increased the size and weight by adding the frunk
ygouzerh 55 minutes ago||
I felt as well that they miss their window. This kind of rectangular shape with keyboard + computer would be great actually for digital nomad / people going to coworking spaces, but looks way to heavy.
watusername 29 minutes ago||
> digital nomad / people going to coworking spaces
Laptops with built-in screens make infinitely more sense for this population.
insanitybit 1 hour ago||
Looks extraordinarily unergonomic and I don't get why I would need a number pad as a developer.
torginus 54 minutes ago|
As someone who does CAD on the side, I couldn't live without one.
hmokiguess 1 hour ago|
For a second, I thought that top part was like a tmux screen where I could run a multiplexer with agents and ... geez I'm tired, so much AI ugh. (Worst part is that I think I'd have fun with something like that)