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I'm quite looking forward to the GPD Win Max 2 coming out next month. It's exactly the device I've been wanting for a couple decades.
1. The keyboard is really good, you can type with both hands 2. High resolution, comfortable in 200% mode 3. I can put the win max2 on your lap to share the weight while playing games in bed.
The 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?
I'm quite looking forward to the GPD Win Max 2 coming out next month. It's exactly the device I've been wanting for a couple decades.
The first laptop that I was truly happy with was my Acer Aspire One I bought in 2008 for $250. It had a 9" display, so slightly bigger than this GPD, but pretty close. With Gentoo Linux it was fast, and with Compiz wobbly windows it really looked like something from the future. One of the best parts was that it was so cheap that I didn't need to worry much about dropping or breaking it. Eventually the solid state dri…
I bought a Dell Inspiron 11" laptop for about $180 a few years back as my "commuter" laptop for this very same reason.
Drop it and it breaks? Who cares!
Lose it? Have the home dir encrypted aka Who cares!
The downsides here like the tiny awkward keyboard and small screen real estate must be pretty noticeable, and you still need a backpack or a carry bag for it, like the one shown at the AliExpress page: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2251832839616359.html?gatewa...
If I'm going to carry that thing around I might as well have a slim backpack.
It isn't that cheap at 300 Euros (Currently selling at over $400).
How well does this compare to a regular computer? IMO, not that well:
HP Laptop - 14-fq200 ($429):
AMD Ryzen™ 5 5625U (up to 4.3 GHz, 16 MB L3 cache, 6 cores, 12 threads) + AMD Radeon™ Graphics
8 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM (2 X 4 GB)
14" diagonal, HD, micro-edge, BrightView, 250 nits (1366 x 768)
128 GB PCIe® NVMe™ TLC M.2 SSD
> Granted, I’ve only had it for a month, so it may be a novelty effect that’ll wane over time
sounds about right...
This reminds me of a quote from, I believe, the founder of Aikido:
"When asked why he carried no weapons, he replied 'The Earth is my weapon and it is always with me' "
At 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…
Those P52 suck, way too heavy. I insist in a Dell Precision after carrying those P52s around (sometimes 2 at a time) I'm putting my foot down.
At 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…
For others in similar position as parent (i.e. in need for a hand held portable Linux computer) but couldn't buy a GPD device for various reasons(availability, cost, trust issues etc.); Then here are two recommendations which are just as good(or better?): 1. Buy a used smartphone with postmarketOS support[1]. I suggest Poco F1 if you want to make phone calls with it right away (or) Oneplus 6/6T if you can wait a bit…
Some recommendations from my subreddit:
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMobileComputers/comments/uvjty1...
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMobileComputers/comments/sqvrsg...
- https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMobileComputers/comments/uvjnhe...