$50 Pocket Laptop

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  1. Ken Anderson

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    Here's a $50 pocket laptop, with a 7" screen and a real keyboard, with 8 GB DDR RAM, an Intel core m3-8100y processor, and 256 GB PCle solid-state disk storage. It comes preloaded with Windows 10. Could you get used to using something like this?
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    I probably could, but would I? :D (And that website looks a little shady. "LLBEAY"???)
     
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    I don't know anything about the company, and I wouldn't recommend making a purchase from a company you've never heard of before online. My comment was on the cost and, particularly, the size of the computer, which is why I posted it here rather than in the Shopping category. I notice that the site uses an outlook.com email address, which is a free email address from Microsoft, and the website has not been around long enough to have been archived by the Internet Archive. If I had need of such a thing, I might risk $50 on it but I wouldn't risk $100.
     
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    I was struck by the similarity of the website name to LL BEAN. And I agree, it's best to stick with familiar brands and well-known websites. That looks like a handy little gadget...but I suppose I'd do as well with a Fire tablet or such.
     
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    Although LL Bean is based here in Maine, I didn't think of them because they're not associated with computers.
     
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    Exactly. :D
     
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    Same time even. Same photo. So it does apparently exist, although Amazon.com is asking more than $800 for it.
     
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    Why is it over $800 on amazon ?
     
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    Just a guess, but maybe because they'll actually send you one and the other guys will rip you off.

    Nevertheless, I am tempted to believe in the $50 laptop because I saw an ad for it on Facebook, and ...
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