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The e-ink display on the laptop is quite cool. I could use that for writing simple notes and likely save a ton of battery.

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I wonder how the latency is? I've been resisting buying an eink notebook because I think the best latency you can get now is around 30ms, which combined with the distance between pen tip and screen will give quite a visible delay.

I guess it's personal how annoying that would be, but for myself I'm waiting for sub 16ms delay.

12 Hz refresh rate on the eInk display. ( So ~ 80ms or so refresh )

COLOUR eInk BTW - not just black and white | shades of grey!

It’s enough for reading books… but might be too hard for terminal editing?

The "weird laptop" has a two sided screen panel - regular high res | high refresh thin film screen on one side that eats battery life - the flip side is the low power low refresh ePaper screen for reading documents, etc.

It's worth pointing out, I guess, the existence of heavy computer users that aren't programmers or gamers .. lawyers, doctors, engineers, clerks, etc that spend the bulk of their screen time viewing documents | records | etc.

What will be interesting is adoption and market penetration - cute as a concept, but will it sell?

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