I used to go to Detroit a lot with geeky friends, and we pretty much always visited Microcenter. Although I haven't gone in years. Stewart's message suggests there isn't stock of this particular item as close as Detroit, but ... for most people on this list, I think you'd enjoy a visit to Microcenter if you get the chance. Fun place - imagine, if you will, a bigger and even geekier Canada Computers, with the added bonus of (mostly) cheaper American prices.
On Fri, 9 Sept 2022 at 19:53, Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > > Someone at the Raspberry Pi meetup last night mentioned the Evolve III > Maestro 11.6" educational laptop, if anyone's looking for a *really* > cheap laptop. I don't know of anyone selling it in Canada at a > reasonable price, but Micro Center - a brick & mortar electronics store > in the USA - is selling them for US $60 (~ $78). Unfortunately, the > nearest store with stock is likely a day and half's drive away, plus > border crossing and all that faff. User reviews on Reddit are not super > positive. > > The machine is incredibly barebones, but the fact it even works at all > is quite impressive at this price: > https://www.microcenter.com/product/649971/evolve-iii-maestro-116-laptop-computer-dark-grey > > This was in response to me introducing the frankly overpriced pi-top [4] > Raspberry Pi 4-based "tablet": https://www.pi-top.com/products/pi-top-4 > It might have a glorious touchscreen, but a tablet it ain't. > > Stewart > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ giles...@gmail.com --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk