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> Why can I not get a tablet like that?

You can: https://pine64.com/product-category/pinetab/




Was very enthusiastic to check this out, but then

>Resolution: 1280×800 pixels

Yeah...I'm out.

Even cheapo Android tablets now have 2000x1200 displays. I bought an ARM Windows tablet for 200 Euro and that has a 2880x1920 display. My eyes are grateful when reading text, not going back to displays reporting in inches per pixel.

I'm really sad Intel pulled the plug on X86 Atom chips for tablets. It was super easy to boot any OS on them. Unlike ARM tablets.


There are rumors that Purism are also making a user-respecting tablet.


Interested.

Do not be a tease, what rumours?



For fun, I might.

But I need a high ed tablet. This one is deliberately not

No disrespect to Pine64, the design is not what I need




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