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Confirmed. Minibooks are amazing in cramped locations (for example, airplane seats), or just to always keep in the bag for support.

There's nothing in the market like them, which is a shame - I think a slightly better quality Minibook (Chuwis are plain crap) would be a very solid laptop.

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I just responded above, but you might want to look at the GPD Pocket 4.

It is NOT cheap ($1300 min spec) but it's also quite a bit more powerful and with better ports (full size HDMI and Ethernet). It's not for everyone, but it blows my mind how little competition it has given how useful its been for me over the years.

8.8" is a bit too small for my use case, but... oh my, their Win Max 2 is a very impressive machine (10.1") - I'm really shocked at the size. I'm confused by the price, though - 6500$??

a Steam deck with a small form factor keyboard?

I so wanted to love the Steam Deck, but it's a device with a 7 inch screen that occupies a massive volume on your bag. Unless you know you're going to play a fair ammount, it's not worth carrying around.

It's a fantastic console, but a mediocre general purpose computer.

A Steam Deck is a bit more lumpy than the Minibook. I find it a lot easier to put my Minibook into a rucksack as it's thin, so it can just slide between stuff. The Steam Deck is quite a lot bigger, though I often take both on holiday as they fill different needs.

Legion Go (1st Gen with the removable controllers) would be better. Without the controllers, it's basically a 8.8 inch PC tablet. Would be a great portable machine. With an added bonus of the controllers converting to a desktop mouse.

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