I used to go to Detroit a lot with geeky friends, and we pretty much always visited Microcenter. Although I haven't gone in years. Stewart's message suggests there isn't stock of this particular item as close as Detroit, but ... for most people on this list, I think you'd enjoy a visit to Microcenter if you get the chance. Fun place - imagine, if you will, a bigger and even geekier Canada Computers, with the added bonus of (mostly) cheaper American prices. On Fri, 9 Sept 2022 at 19:53, Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Someone at the Raspberry Pi meetup last night mentioned the Evolve III Maestro 11.6" educational laptop, if anyone's looking for a *really* cheap laptop. I don't know of anyone selling it in Canada at a reasonable price, but Micro Center - a brick & mortar electronics store in the USA - is selling them for US $60 (~ $78). Unfortunately, the nearest store with stock is likely a day and half's drive away, plus border crossing and all that faff. User reviews on Reddit are not super positive.
The machine is incredibly barebones, but the fact it even works at all is quite impressive at this price: https://www.microcenter.com/product/649971/evolve-iii-maestro-116-laptop-com...
This was in response to me introducing the frankly overpriced pi-top [4] Raspberry Pi 4-based "tablet": https://www.pi-top.com/products/pi-top-4 It might have a glorious touchscreen, but a tablet it ain't.
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