Does anyone make portable PCs?

Question

If I always use my laptop with an external keyboard and display, why do I need to carry these around with me? They largely determine the form factor of the PC. A suitably robust box, housing CPU and storage, could be much smaller and do the job just as effectively. Does anyone sell such a device?

haspoken · Accepted Answer

Something like https://mind.khadas.com/ ?https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/07/22/khadas-mind-raptor-l...

jqpabc123 · Answer

Go to amazon.com and search for "mini PC'.

simonblack · Answer

Portable PC have gone out of fashion. The 'Notebook' design took over.But we used have these: https://medium.com/geekculture/the-1983-compaq-plus-portable...

Finnucane · Answer

There are pc cases made to be carried around&mdash;you could diy it.

gregjor · Answer

Apple sells the Mac Mini.Intel and numerous other companies sell NUCs.

RetroTechie · Answer

Raspberry Pi?If needed, RPi-like computers come in x86 flavour too.

Does anyone make portable PCs?

If I always use my laptop with an external keyboard and display, why do I need to carry these around with me? They largely determine the form factor of the PC. A suitably robust box, housing CPU and storage, could be much smaller and do the job just as effectively. Does anyone sell such a device?

Something like https://mind.khadas.com/ ?
https://www.cnx-software.com/2023/07/22/khadas-mind-raptor-l...

Go to amazon.com and search for "mini PC'.

Portable PC have gone out of fashion. The 'Notebook' design took over.
But we used have these: https://medium.com/geekculture/the-1983-compaq-plus-portable...

There are pc cases made to be carried around—you could diy it.

Apple sells the Mac Mini.
Intel and numerous other companies sell NUCs.

Raspberry Pi?
If needed, RPi-like computers come in x86 flavour too.