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What are some tech products that you want that you can't seem to find? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Stuff like a pretty case with slots for optical drives, a laptop with a shitton of ports and all-day battery life or anything else that seems to go against the trends.

This thread is for complaining about how you can't find it and (maybe) finding it thanks to someone else.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

remember netbooks? yeah so i would love a 10"-ish laptop (with current hardware) for taking notes etc.

why not use a tablet you might ask? i love the handling of a solid, non-detachable keyboard.

also a smartphone that reacts quickly to user input with an OS that doesn't look like the love child of windows mobile (remember that?) and the first iphones. looking at you iOS18 settings menu (among others)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I have a GPD laptop with a tiny screen, it’s good enough to run most games. I changed the no name NVMe to a Samsung and it’s way more reliable and faster. Also runs Linux now. Built in game controller works well for most games (shows up as Xbox controller or a mouse using a switch).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

last i looked at them (some time ago now) they either:

had very out of date hardware
were incredibly expensive for what they offered
the only middle ground model that seemed fitting for my purposes (gaming wouldn't be on that list but linux indeed) was nowhere to be found.

i should probably have a look at their models again in the near future, thanks for reminding me. are you happy with yours (and willing to share which model you use)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I have a GPD Win Max 2 (2024 model). Battery lasts for 8-10 hours of work (coding, some browsing, occasional video) and it can run Cyberpunk with Raytracing. It's an absolutely amazing little device.

I believe it cost around ~1400€ for the 64GB model and they just released the 2025 model with doubled CPU cores.

And yes, Linux (Fedora 41) runs on it without any issues. There's no driver for the fingerprint reader yet, but some hackers are working on it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I think the one I have is called the GPD win max 2011. There was a choice between the AMD and Intel processors. I think I went with intel to have thunderbolt (I have an E-GPU enclosure if I ever need more power) but it does everything I throw at it.

Very happy with it. I can play AAA games, it’s portable, touch screen is nice, has a touch pad too. Charges with USB-C which is super handy for me.