On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 06:44:24PM -0500, Christopher Browne via talk wrote:
I recalling seeing the SPARC and Alpha laptops at conferences; while that was pretty cool, they were ultra-pricey, and yes, indeed, pretty much "unobtanium."
I was pretty happy when I found I could buy a Chrome laptop running ARM; I have never done a full switch over running "full blown Linux on it"; it remains as a Chromebook installation, albeit with Crouton on top (which is very likable).
If you like an ARM laptop, this is coming soon: https://www.asus.com/ca-en/2-in-1-PCs/ASUS-NovaGo-TP370QL/ I wonder how long it will take after release before someone has Linux installed on one.
I'm not aware of a MIPS-based laptop (which isn't a proof of nonexistence); it was a nice second-best that there are plenty of routers running MIPS. I wish that the Cavium MIPS/Octeon had gotten more deployed; being able to have a server with a bunch of them aboard would be pretty useful.
The Lemote laptops were Loongson based, so MIPS laptops have existed.
A desktop is nice; so also are servers...
-- Len Sorensen