Subj : Re: Cyberdeck Computers
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : boraxman
Date : Mon Apr 28 2025 01:07 pm

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Cougar428 <=-

 -=> Cougar428 wrote to NITER3 <=-

 Co> I don't have one, but since you already did some research you know
 Co> these were the fictional computers used in Neuromancer the fiction
 Co> novel by William Gibson.

 Co> It seems nowdays, people create functional Cyberdecks as a hobby.
 Co> Highly customized 'cyberpunk' devices that can be used for real. In the
 Co> novel they allowed users to perform 'netrunner' abilities. Quickhacks
 Co> and breaching protocol.

 pF>  I think the primary reason for cyberdecks nowadays is to get weird
 pF>  looks from the other people at the coffee shop. I could imagine
 pF> walking
 pF>  in dressed like a futuristic Doc Brown, order a Raktajino, and sit
 pF> down
 pF>  with a computer looking like it's part keytar and part hax0r node, and
 pF>  see what kind of looks you get from the influencers with their
 pF>  MacBooks.

That alone is reason enough to build one!  I was thinking yesterday how
"boring"
mobile computers are, visually.  There is no style to them apart from some
miminalistic sleeknees.  I don't mind knobs and controls, in fact I prefer them
over "barely there" buttons or touch screens.

This seems to be the opposite of minimalism, and could become a practical
solution, if you could make it modular (ie, a suitcase compter, where the
"computer" part (storage and CPU) is interchangeable.

 
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