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Adafruit Fruit Jam – An RP2350 mini computer running classic Macintosh

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44 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 14:28 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source
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jhbadger ◴[30 Aug 25 17:30 UTC] No.45076445[source]▶
I guess the era of actual mini computers (which were larger than the typical computer of today which were originally called micro computers) is so far in the past that the term can be reused to mean "machines smaller than current computers"? Nanocomputer would be the consistent naming.
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1. opan ◴[30 Aug 25 19:26 UTC] No.45077289[source]▶
This reminds me, I wanted the class of device that an iPod Touch falls into to be called "nano tablets" for a while in the early 2010s. It bugged me that it was basically a "phone" without the phone part. I hate to think you can only call something by its official branded name. Also, if you're using an actual phone without a SIM, it feels similarly silly to call it a phone.

That being said, I don't recall if anyone else did make something quite like an iPod Touch, and now it's dead as well.