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

Headless portable PCs packing everything but a show are increasing successful popularity among enthusiasts who don’t privation to settee for a laptop they can’t easy upgrade — and present Chinese shaper Linglong is taking things further with this folding keyboard PC.

Tom’s Hardware points to a presentation posted by the company showing the tiny PC that’s reminiscent of the folding wireless keyboards that were fashionable with PDAs similar the PalmPilot. But this one’s rather a spot thicker, with an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor, 16GB oregon 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 the tiny PC with AR oregon VR glasses to make a genuinely portable workstation (have they adjacent heard of Samsung DeX?). But it tin besides beryllium connected to a fixed show display utilizing 1 of the 3 USB ports, 2 of which are USB-C.

A claimed artillery beingness of up to 10 hours for lightweight desktop enactment oregon 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, portion Linglong plans to merchantability the keyboard PC for betwixt $412 and $495, depending connected the specs, the institution said it’s lone making 200 units disposable to beta testers, with nary timeline for immoderate wider retail availability.

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