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.

  • aufbau161@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    1 day ago
    1. 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.

    1. 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)
    • Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      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).

      • aufbau161@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        20 hours ago

        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        • had very out of date hardware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)