Love it when used in its niche (for me):
- Walking around a building, working on the network.
- Those occasions where I "might need a computer" but don't want to lug around a bag. Traveling for pleasure, while on-call at work, etc. Thing fits in my jacket pocket.
- Working on my car (plugging into the OBD port, tuning, etc).
- Gaming/video while traveling. Its single-channel memory severely limits what you can play (unlike GPD's gaming line), but I'm into oldschool and indie games so it's fine. I could use my phone but I like PC games and software better.
Also it's weird and I like weird things :)
I wouldn't recommend it as a primary workstation unless your situation really calls for it. I've used it with a USB-C docking station as a primary machine while I was between homes. It worked fine, bit slow. Went back to my Zen2 beast as soon as possible.
It charges and runs off of a normal USB-C power bank, which gives me ridiculous runtime for cheap. My "minimal" travel kit has the GPD, my phone, and one charger between the two. Crazy capability in a jacket pocket.
Things I don't like about it:
- Whiny fan. Not sure what could be done, it's so tiny... you can turn it off with a handy switch above the keyboard, but I don't really like doing that.
- Single channel memory. Severely cripples the GPU. GPD's gaming machines don't have this issue.
- No video output over USB-C, you have to use the full-size HDMI.
- Display is wired sideways. Linux/GRUB doesn't auto detect this; Windows does.
- Wish it had a nub mouse. Would free up space for a more normal KB layout.
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- Walking around a building, working on the network.
- Those occasions where I "might need a computer" but don't want to lug around a bag. Traveling for pleasure, while on-call at work, etc. Thing fits in my jacket pocket.
- Working on my car (plugging into the OBD port, tuning, etc).
- Gaming/video while traveling. Its single-channel memory severely limits what you can play (unlike GPD's gaming line), but I'm into oldschool and indie games so it's fine. I could use my phone but I like PC games and software better.
Also it's weird and I like weird things :)
I wouldn't recommend it as a primary workstation unless your situation really calls for it. I've used it with a USB-C docking station as a primary machine while I was between homes. It worked fine, bit slow. Went back to my Zen2 beast as soon as possible.
It charges and runs off of a normal USB-C power bank, which gives me ridiculous runtime for cheap. My "minimal" travel kit has the GPD, my phone, and one charger between the two. Crazy capability in a jacket pocket.
Things I don't like about it:
- Whiny fan. Not sure what could be done, it's so tiny... you can turn it off with a handy switch above the keyboard, but I don't really like doing that.
- Single channel memory. Severely cripples the GPU. GPD's gaming machines don't have this issue.
- No video output over USB-C, you have to use the full-size HDMI.
- Display is wired sideways. Linux/GRUB doesn't auto detect this; Windows does.
- Wish it had a nub mouse. Would free up space for a more normal KB layout.
Edit: formatting