Computer recommendations / tablet for machine

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

I use 3 different computers with my machines:

• Raspberry Pi 4 in a Raspad v3 tablet case w/ touchscreen — this pretty much only gets used for running Carbide Motion to control a machine
• MacBook Pro w/ Touchbar — this gets connected whenever I need to test the Mac build of CM — and every time I do so, I wish it had been sufficiently popular that it would have made sense to set up Touchbar support for CM
• Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 convertible — this replaces a Galaxy Book 12 tablet (which I’d still be using if I could), plugging into a docking station I leave my pendant and SO5 Pro connected to

for a pendant I use:

NineKeyBoard CNC Edition

except for when a job feels finicky enough that I’ll need the smallest increment often enough that I load the key remapping software which makes:

A different sort of pendant

I find the game controller and numeric keypad layouts a bit confusing (also, my son lay claim to the second Logitech F310 since he left his at college), and while I love the click on my wonderful 6 Key Keyboard (Techkeys SixKeyBoard CNC Edition) I find I need to change the jog rate often enough when using my Shapeoko that it has been consigned to the far corner of the basement for use with my Nomad (and I am anxiously awaiting the 3x3 version). Until that time, I’ve been looking for an alternat…

work.

Obviously, I like a touchscreen (and miss it on my Mac), but it’s not a requirement to use the machine. One option on a Mac is to use Sidebar and an iPad.