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"Upon picking it up, you can feel the metal chassis has a surprising amount of weight to it."
A surprising amount of weight is exactly what I do not want to feel when picking up a micro laptop.
That being said, it's just a little under the weight of the new 12“ surface pro. Pretty much any bag I have could easily fit a 12" laptop but I imagine it would be hard to get Linux to work well with the surface - especially the touch screen. Not to mention a pretty big price difference.
Either way, it's nice to see more options for small laptops! Maybe in a few years someone will start making small phones again.
There's a dedicated Linux kernel for Surface devices. Surfaces are your best bet for installing Linux out of any of the Windows tablets.
Thank you for this! My husband has an old surface and it’s getting slow as shit. Didn’t think there was a way to get Linux on it. Cheers!