There’s an AMD Ryzen 7 PC hiding inside this folding keyboard

Headless portable PCs packing everything isolated from a show are increasing successful fame among enthusiasts who don’t want to settee for a laptop they can’t easy upgrade — and now Chinese shaper Linglong is taking things further pinch this folding keyboard PC.

Tom’s Hardware points to a presentation posted by nan company showing nan mini PC that’s reminiscent of nan folding wireless keyboards that were celebrated pinch PDAs for illustration nan PalmPilot. But this one’s rather a spot thicker, pinch an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor, 16GB aliases 32GB of RAM, up to 1TB of SSD storage, and Wi-Fi 6 connectivity each packed inside, successful summation to Bluetooth and a 16,000mAh rechargeable battery.

Linglong suggests pairing nan mini PC pinch AR aliases VR glasses to create a genuinely portable workstation (have they moreover heard of Samsung DeX?). But it tin besides beryllium connected to a fixed show display utilizing 1 of nan 3 USB ports, 2 of which are USB-C.

A claimed artillery life of up to 10 hours for lightweight desktop activity aliases up to six hours of watching videos makes this portable PC more enticing than immoderate others since it doesn’t request to beryllium wholly unopen down each clip it’s moved. Unfortunately, while Linglong plans to waste nan keyboard PC for betwixt $412 and $495, depending connected nan specs, nan institution said it’s only making 200 units disposable to beta testers, pinch nary timeline for immoderate wider unit availability.

In nan earliest days of individual computing, PCs for illustration nan Apple II and Commodore 64 were fundamentally overmuch larger versions of this keyboard PC. And while we’ve seen respective modern attempts to worldly full PCs into keyboards — nan cheaper Pentaform Abacus and custom CJ64 travel to mind — Linglong’s solution looks much appealing to those prioritizing portability.