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I find it really weird that it's not until you get to the $200 range that anything has USB-C DP Alt mode support. You'd have though that anyone trying to squeeze space would want to drop full-size HDMI or DisplayPort ports at the first opportunity.

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I switched from SBC to thin clients. You get the Dell wyse 5070 for 50 euros in my country and it has USB c dp alt mode and much more.

I really want a small SBC with USB-C DP Alt mode that I can stuff into a ~60%ish mechanical keyboard-sized case to make into a headless laptop thing so I can justify buying some display glasses like the XReal One or similar. Seems like it would be the ultimate travel computing solution.

That's precisely what I want. I've got all the parts other than the SBC. Even designed my own keyboard with this in mind. You can do it with a pi zero 2 but going from mini-HDMI to full-HDMI through an adapter to USB-C to only then pop out too the XReals is a complete mess of cables and little boxes, not least of which is caused by the HDMI->USB-C adapter needing to be independently powered. I'm tempted to print up a case to hide the mess but it's still, you know, a mess.

Also the zero 2 is a little under-powered. It's fine as far as it goes, it just feels like there's probably performance on the table with a more modern chipset.

I will note that in theory there's the Radxa Cubie A7S, but that's unobtainium. Or I'd have bought three by now.

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