[GTALUG] another little computer: the kangaroo

William Park opengeometry at yahoo.ca
Fri Jan 29 01:58:50 UTC 2016


Hi Hugh,

How would do compare this Kangaroo with Intel/Lenovo stick?
CanadaComputers sells Intel/Lenovo sticks, too.  Kangaroo seems to have
battery and USB3.  But, all the ports (HDMI, USB) are on "dock".  What's
the rationale behind the removable dock?  Portability?  But, you have to
carry 2 pieces, now.
-- 
William

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 01:16:04AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> I bought one of these little computers:
> <http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msca/en_CA/pdp/InFocus-Kangaroo-Signature-Edition-Mobile-Desktop/productID.328660500>
> If you are a student you an get 10% off of the $149.
> 
> I bought mine at newegg for $130 but the price changes regularly.
> 
> I'm typing this from a live Fedora stick on this processor.  The screen is 
> 3840x2160 at 30 -- the best mode for this display and pretty good for an 
> Atom.
> 
> The CPU is an Intel Atom x5-z8500.  I don't really understand the naming 
> scheme.
> 
> Scott pointed out that the Intel specs for this processor don't mention 
> the VT-I feature.  That scared me.
> <http://ark.intel.com/products/85474/Intel-Atom-x5-Z8500-Processor-2M-Cache-up-to-2_24-GHz>
> 
> Here are the flags from /proc/cpuinfo:
> 
> fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat
> pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx
> rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology
> nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2
> ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes
> rdrand lahf_lm 3dnowprefetch ida arat epb dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi
> flexpriority ept vpid tsc_adjust smep erm
> 
> As I understand it, vmx means it supports VT-I.  Some of the other
> flags have to do with virtualization too.
> 
> BTW, note that it supports AES-NI, something that the Haswell Celeron
> and Pentium don't do.
> 
> Although this doesn't have ethernet, it has a single USB 3.0 port.  I've
> used a USB 3.0 hub to connect a gigabit ethernet dongle and the Fedora
> live stick.
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