With SoM's getting to be so tiny and power efficient, why not make wooden laptops?
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Wooden computers - why not?
With SoM's getting to be so tiny and power efficient, why not make wooden laptops?
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because i don't have a peg leg and an eye patch
are you really living your best life if you can say that?
people are cheap and won't buy them. the trash you linked would be lousy but it can be done very nicely. the main issue is that the case of a computer is replaced whenever the computer is so materials design is less valued in an inherently ephemeral product.
It appears there was such a laptop but it was strictly limited edition. It seems like building your own might be easier and even cheaper than buying a manufactured one. People make those stupid cyberdecks all the time. Why not a tasteful wooden computer? Perhaps the internal frame could be metal like a classic Thinkpad, and the wooden parts merely panels that attach to it.
If you made it yourself and gave yourself a bit of room, you could even leave enough space to upgrade the guts later.
These look gorgeous, except the 16/9 screen while there was room for a 3/2 instead, maybe even a 4/3.
In this example it appears to be an actual Thinkpad that was just modified to fit into a different case. That would actually be a great way to go about it.
It's lovely except for the missed opportunity to use a classic Thinkpad keyboard.
Because there would be thermal issues.
wood is also heavy
imagine the kino of setting someone's wooden macbook on fire
>FREE MACOS
>FREE MACOS
>AAAAAARGGGGHHHHHHH
Because wood can't be made as precisely as plastic and metal. Wood is a natural product with defects, it is not homogenous like plastic and metal. Wood is also not tough enough to be made as thin as plastic and metal in modern laptops, so it'd have to be thicker and thus heavier.
It would be hand fitted. And you could get away with attaching the wood to a skeleton frame. You could even include grommets to act as shock absorbers for the wooden panels.
This is about where my mind went. Wire frame, rubber shock absorber pieces to secure the internal parts, but I think bamboo would work better for the shell. As a diy, if you disassembled a thin form laptop, you could probably get away with using bamboo cutting boards by planing them down and routing a hollow inside and ports. So long as you have the tools, the biggest pains would be fitting the keyboard and maybe making tiny filler pieces for the sides and filling the top of the base around the keyboard.
I used all my money on a peg leg and an eye patch
>compile llvm update
>computer lights on fire
>another trend set by apple and copied by everyone else
>carved out the A with support
>carved out the Ps without supports, just total void space
So this is Apple build quality, huh?
woz combined his tv typewriter with his home baked 6502 thing
he did it all
these days it's as easy as plugging things into each other
To be frank, first Apple was sold as literally just bare internals. Everything else user was expected to provide themselves, it was semi-DIY PC.
...which I guess was copied by Raspberry Pi and other, similar computers.
>why not?
gay hipster shit
wood is heavy
Depends entirely on the wood. I have the definitive book on wood.
>light and commonly available wood
cheap but brittle
>light and strong for this use case
expensive
wood and lipo batteries not a good combination.
Air and lipo batteries are not a good combination.
Plenty of woods suitable for making a laptop.
This book has veneers from about 1200 species of wood. Taschen’s Wood Book.
837 pages with 1/2 text facing 3 veneers
The whole thing is embellished with gold leaf because if you are slicing up 1200 types of wood for a book that should be free given the total cost
This is listed for 30 quid, how the frick?
They made a photo version. But rubes can’t tell the difference.
If it weighs 25 pounds it’s the wooden wood book. If it’s the 6 pound version it’s the photographed copy.
Can you even buy the real one?
I did. It's a rare book that usually sells for thousands of dollars. You can touch and smell each individual piece of wood.
I see, so that's a no. That's a shame, it does look really cool.
No, you can buy it. Make me an offer. I don't really work in wood. I just collect rare books and sometimes I buy books I know about, but which don't personally interest me. Just to trade off later and boost my core collection.
The book is quarto and 4” thick but weighs in a stunning 25 pounds.
Lack of grounding.
they would be significantly thicker which scares your average consumer for some reason.
>for some reason
for portability
which obviously is a factor for laptops
Porous, haven for bacteria, hard to clean, discoloration from skin oils, heavy, soft and easy to damage, expensive
dump the wood in clear resin and it would be fine.
>shit heat transfer
>catches on fire more easily
>rigid and more prone to snapping
>potentially rots and gets eaten by termites
It's more environmentaly friendly I guess