Raspberry Pi Zero end of the world laptop

Putting aside the pointlessness of such a device, the amount effort required to "make" a laptop from a raspberry pi further adds to the unnecessary nature of this endeavour.

If you insist on obtaining your very own post-apocalyptic piece of computing hardware they already exist on the market.

Just be VERY careful with it, one small accident and you'll be waiting on spare parts for the next 'Best Buy' to be built.

Putting aside the pointlessness of such a device, the amount effort required to "make" a laptop from a raspberry pi further adds to the unnecessary nature of this endeavour.

If you insist on obtaining your very own post-apocalyptic piece of computing hardware they already exist on the market.

Just be VERY careful with it, one small accident and you'll be waiting on spare parts for the next 'Best Buy' to be built.

Guys, although I fully agree with the statement that the "end-of-the-world" laptop idea is weird/useless/not-going-to-work, I think we should just "humor him" and help him with this project.

Even if you don't see the use of the final product, there is a good learning experience along the way. Christopher is going to learn how to put things together, try planning for the worst, gaining some computer/electronics experience etc etc. All things that are useful even when the apocalypse does NOT hit.

Having a goal that is perceived by the participant to be useful is a very good learning incentive. Some 25 years ago, they tried teaching my girlfriend to solder. The "project" was a current-current amplifier. (input signal is a current, output signal too, the amplifier well amplifies it). Not very successful. Saturday she had fun on the same learning experience because I gave her a "Christmas tree kit" that needed soldering. Call me stupid for not doing that 25 years ago. :-)

So, back to Christopher: We say: "Wouldn't a simple laptop be better?" Christopher comes back with a few reasons why he thinks his present plan is better. Nobody needs to know what those are and how easy those reasons can be circumvented. Whatever you argue  Christopher will stick with his plan.

Consider that discussion passed, lets get on with Christopher's "end-of-the-world-laptop".

The concept itself is (IMHO) fundamentally flawed, depending on this kind of hardware in an environment where it cannot be supported.

Perhaps a more widely adopted usage-case could be an off-grid device. This way people can take advantage of such a development without waiting for the 'End Of The World'.

Hey everyone I know it's an unorthodox concept and chances are would just collect dust if it was ever built but just for proof of concept sake it's worth looking into.  What if we ignore the fact of it being for the end of the world and focus on a durable low energy off grid device that can be used to inventory food and water,  maintain a log of data such as daily activities, etc. While a normal laptop would be able to get the job done I'm looking for something that can be custom built, something that can run on extremely low energy, can charge itself when doing field work, also a normal laptop doesn't have the out of the box ability to connect with other hardware which would become useful (FM Radio Transmitter/receiver, DIY home security system, and any other system which can use the GPIO pins.

I was thinking it'd be mainly the Linux terminal with the occasional use for graphical programs possibly using a Linux distro

running open box or some other lightweight graphical interface when the desire to view images and videos strikes but mainly keeping to the terminal.

Yes I could use stand alone devices for the FM transmitter and solar system but the idea is a fully enclosed communication and data storage system that's portable and normal desktops and laptops aren't custom built with surviving civil unrest in mind.