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mrbuttons454 ◴[28 Aug 25 17:16 UTC] No.45054632[source]▶
I bought one as soon as they were released, as well as the keyboard case. It never really worked correctly, but I loved the concept and wish they would have succeeded.

I know it's a niche product, but I'd love a pocket sized Debian device with cellular, decent standby time, and a physical keyboard. Anything out there I should look in to? I've tried to make various GPD devices work, but they are too big, and the standby time isn't great.

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sugarpimpdorsey ◴[28 Aug 25 17:50 UTC] No.45054972[source]▶
> I know it's a niche product, but I'd love a pocket sized Debian device with cellular, decent standby time, and a physical keyboard

yes they're called netbooks and x86 tablets but you may need a time machine back to 2015 to get one.

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tempest_ ◴[28 Aug 25 18:02 UTC] No.45055102[source]▶
You don't have to go to 2015

GPD has a bunch, they are not exactly cheap though https://gpd.hk/product

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hnlmorg ◴[28 Aug 25 19:06 UTC] No.45055800[source]▶
Those aren’t netbooks. They’re another class of device which I’ve forgotten the name of. Something like umpc or something.

But the idea was netbooks were the bottom end of the market and this other class were the same form factor but at the top end of the market.

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mananaysiempre ◴[28 Aug 25 19:25 UTC] No.45056021{4}[source]▶
GPDs used to be much cheaper[1], and IMO made much more sense that way. Unfortunately, GPD indeed seems to have caught the expensive bug.

[1] https://blog.danieljanus.pl/2022/08/18/i-love-my-gpd-micro-p...

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goosedragons ◴[28 Aug 25 19:32 UTC] No.45056108{5}[source]▶
The GPD Micro PC 2 is still pretty cheap. The other models are way way faster so it's not surprising they cost more.
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1. mananaysiempre ◴[28 Aug 25 20:12 UTC] No.45056525{6}[source]▶
Pretty cheap by some definitions, yes, but as best as I can tell (historical prices aren’t exactly readily available), the Micro PC 2 ($700 list price before tax) is still between 1.5× and 2× the price of the original (€300—presumably including about 20% tax—per the linked article, between $200 and $500 per the Wayback Machine, in nominal dollars before 10% inflation).
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2. goosedragons ◴[28 Aug 25 20:34 UTC] No.45056745[source]▶
You can get it for $513.

https://gpdstore.net/laptops/gpd-micropc-2/