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Seems a little larger than most of their devices. I'm not sure carrying an 8" laptop really gains much from your standard 12" or 13" laptop since in either case you're out of pocket or small pouch territory.

I still think the GPD Win 2 was their device witht he best design direction, even if it wasn't a perfect implementation of the goals. 6" was the perfect size for the niche, the gamepad mouse controls were easier to use than the corner touchpad, the keyboard had more buttons, and it was more all purpose. Newer innards and higher quality physical components for the keyboard+gamepad would be killer. The 3 went far too gaming console focused trying to be a Nintendo Switch with a hidden keyboard rather than a computer.

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FWIW I have a similar device (Chuwi minibook) and it really is pocketable. However I realized that at least for me, a better keyboard and more screen real estate would come in handy more often than extreme portability (plus support from some of these small brands is pretty bad)

I agree, this is basically a gorgeous and modern netbook loaded with ports. Which is a wonderful product and desperately needed! But not quite as revolutionary as some of their other products.

I can't speak to their other products, but the GPD Micro PC is basically a perfect product for what it tries to be. I've never used anything that made such a perfect set of ergonomic decisions. The crazy bastards managed to make a phone-sized laptop that actually works as a laptop.

I find the corner touchpad to be extremely usable on the GPD Micro PC, by the way. I haven't tried the Win 2, to be fair, but I find it difficult to picture a joystick nub being more precise.

Regarding the joystick !ouse control the way GPD did it was a bit different from your typical "joystick cursor with acceleration" it was more limited linear speed and if you wanted to go faster you held a certain shoulder button. The l and r main shoulder buttons were left and right click and the remaining shoulder button was middle click (or something like this). In that way you had access to do all of the things you would do on a mouse and the speed control was very reactive rather than hoping you hit enough strength on the right portion of an acceleration curve or anything like that.

The touchpad isn't bad but it's much more difficult to do certain normal desktop mouse related things like most small track pads are. Particularly when it comes to actions combined with wide motion such as click and drag select then right click.

Has anyone tried typing on an 8" keyboard like this? I had a 10.1" netbook back in 2010 and loved typing on it.

Otherwise, is there any modern equivalent to a 10" netbook that isn't a super expensive tablet? Ideally something I could install Linux on and use for light programming and SSHing.

I'm also interested in foldable keyboards that I could use with my phone over Bluetooth or USB C.

The fact it fits in my small shoulder pouch (like my iPad does) and my MacBook doesn’t, and it still looks like it could be used held in two hands, I think it’s quite interesting.

I used to have an 8.4 inch tablet, and while I couldn't fit it in a pocket it was still "take it with me everywhere" in a way that a 12 inch laptop wasn't.

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