I went with an iPad mini and a Keychron K7, price came out about the same and I can play Civ 6 on it.
I love my GPD Micro PC
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Re: I love my GPD Micro PC
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
They've been around for approximately thirteen years, do you really churn through one every 7-9 months?
I owned businesses. I didn't use all of them myself. I do tend to buy The Latest Thing every year or two. And my purchase history of computers is of interest to you because...?
I had the same thought too. I read your comment as you ‘personally’ used 20 of them. Given the Air had several episodes of years without changes, that would imply they were replaced with the exact same model.
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#83Damn... this looks great for $300! I wanna buy one! Google, amazon, aliexpress... and 666eur was the cheapest I could find :/ Yeah... no.
$534 from Ali express which is about $100 more than the 2021 price of $445. It is going on sale on 8/22 for $417 which is much closer to the price in TFA.
Re: I love my GPD Micro PC
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
They've been around for approximately thirteen years, do you really churn through one every 7-9 months?
I owned businesses. I didn't use all of them myself. I do tend to buy The Latest Thing every year or two. And my purchase history of computers is of interest to you because...?
> And my purchase history of computers is of interest to you because..
Not the OP, but saying you "owned 20 of them" certainly made it sound like you personally had gone through 20 Macbook Airs in 13 years and I too had questions why.
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#85this thing needs a gsm modem
Does it though? Practically everyone has a smartphone on them these days that's capable of hotspot mode.
If it had the modem, I wouldn't need the smartphone at all. My smartphone is just a sensor suite + hotspot now; the Micro PC form factor and functionality is superior for all actual computing tasks.
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#86I wanted to ask the HN community if anyone has tried this kind of handheld pc as a smartphone replacement. It doesn't have to have a sim card slot, my idea was to use a feature-phone with personal hotspot functionality in conjunction with a micro PC.
my 2 fears:
* despite feature phones normally having very long battery time, this is probably not the case when using personal hotspot - this problem could be eliminated by getting a micro PC with sim card slot, but those are much less common and I would not have as much choice.
* these handheld PCs are really small, but not really as pocket sized as a smartphone (well, modern smartphones have become pretty big! But still, there seems to be a size difference) Regarding size: I would like to have a keyboard but I could also live with something more similar to a Steam Deck, if that means having a smaller device that I can keep in my pocket.
So, has anyone tried this?
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#87The allure of small PCs has been very, very strong for me these days. I think the problem is that we used to have this as a market by default, but size keeps creeping up. There used to be a 11.6" MacBook Air, which was a lovely little machine. The difference between 11.6" and 13" is astounding when you're looking at things like carrying it around or sitting on the couch. Smaller devices are even more portable just enabling.
It's an itch that's almost scratched by tablets, but not quite. I have an iPad Mini, but the prospect of using it as an ultra-portable is dashed by the fact that keyboard cases and the like are just not great experiences. iPadOS isn't as strong as a normal desktop OS, particularly when it comes to something like SSH.
The only thing that's stopping me from grabbing a GPD Micro is the fact that multiple people here have expressed doubts about the hinge's longevity. There's also a pretty prominent Amazon review where a user said that the hinge snapped after just 10 open/close cycles per day. Ouch.
Are there any other prominent small form factor laptops like this?
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#88>this little thing has a soul
Yes. This is how I feel. I love my Micro PC more than is probably healthy. It enables a qualitatively different relationship with computing. It's a special, special device.
I'm so glad someone put some of my feelings into words, and that it made it to the front page.
(also, it is sturdy as hell - I'm notoriously clumsy with my devices, and despite owning it for over a year and dropping it many times, the only sign of wear on it is a shiny touchpad)
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#89At a previous job, I was the engineering manager for a new neo-bank and was on call 24/7 for it. I have a beefy Lenovo P52 that I hated carrying around and leaving in my car lest it get stolen. So I got a GPD Pocket. It fit very well into my back pocket. Not only did it work great for emergency situations (I ran Ubuntu MATE as well) when I needed to SSH into machines, check stuff on Datadog, edit code to make a quick…
Which one did you have? I have P2 MAX (just changed the battery after 2-3 years), but rarely use it outside vacations. Cannot really see myself coding happily on it, even though the keyboard and the screen are decent it's not really comfortable for long typing sessions
Re: I love my GPD Micro PC
#90The allure of small PCs has been very, very strong for me these days. I think the problem is that we used to have this as a market by default, but size keeps creeping up. There used to be a 11.6" MacBook Air, which was a lovely little machine. The difference between 11.6" and 13" is astounding when you're looking at things like carrying it around or sitting on the couch. Smaller devices are even more portable just en…
surface go?