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(Solved) I would like a small laptop to use to log medical data (Weight, Blood Pressure, etc) as I gather it. I need it to be small like 10'. it can be low power because I will probably use it only CLI, no GUI, but I need it to be inexpensive. ARM-based is ok, as long as I can SSH into my desktop machine.

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[–] Courantdair@jlai.lu 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A Raspberry Pi with a touchscreen should be enough, I can't think of a cheaper alternative

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

I think there's also similar devices to a Raspberry Pi that are cheaper