It's described as
> No generative AI.
> No cloud.
> No distractions.
> Just your thoughts.
But that doesn't even vaguely tell me what the concept is and how it's different to just a regular machine without additional services.
The faq goes into detail about what chips might be used, and says they don't like current computers.
There must be a middle ground here explaining just briefly what this is?
I can see the value of creating coolness through authenticity, anti-marketing and 'low-fi' design - but if you literally can't find an explanation as to whats on sale it's probably gone too far.
Scrolling back to the first entry on the blog, it appears to be a small form board running BSD on ARM. Not sure how that qualifies as a new kind of computer...
https://flyingcarcomputer.com/posts/a-new-personal-computer/
A non-distracting 10.3 inch 4:3 grayscale e-ink display, touchscreen & pen handwriting recognition! I use handwriting as much as possible.
It has 1 USB-c connection (power or data). Optionally, I can use bluetooth keyboard, wifi or run Lllama-3.2-3B on device! With inform7 or ink i can write interactive fiction, with Vassal I can play solo board games. With Termux, I can run a rust toolchain, zig, python scripts, good old C as well. Days of battery life, decades of books to read.
Perhaps I can use it to figure out a life without computers, perhaps an analogue computer or calculator. Smart use of pen and paper (BulletJournal, journaling, pen and paper games). An oracle with stones, dice or cards to 'chat' with, use of the mind and imagination to deal with life.
Oh wait, we have vajrayana meditation, mantra, visualisation and pen and paper already! Just train to be a mentat.
