GPD Win Max 8-inch gaming laptop full official specs revealed
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Adding the RJ45 a very clever move to appeal to the data rack crowd
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They must have changed because the 10th gen looked so good then AMD announced 4th gen with those metrics dtating 50-70% better. Wonder if there are any kicking themselves or what the solid reason was?
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They must have changed because the 10th gen looked so good then AMD announced 4th gen with those metrics dtating 50-70% better. Wonder if there are any kicking themselves or what the solid reason was?
Ryzen APUs are an SOC,so it seems more of an ideal fit for a small device IMHO. Also I wonder how GPU performance compares for the Intel CPU with the Ryzen embedded Zen CPUs. I hope it is better.
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Always good to see more devices like this. I adore dinky computers!!
One day, when they are within my price bracket, I'll get one.
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Always good to see more devices like this. I adore dinky computers!!
One day, when they are within my price bracket, I'll get one.
One day they will be in electrolytic solutions made of nano bots that you put in your eye. Sit and look at a clock, time's gonna fly by in no time at all.
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One day they will be in electrolytic solutions made of nano bots that you put in your eye. Sit and look at a clock, time's gonna fly by in no time at all.
My eyes don't have tactile keys, though and I cannot stick them on the sideboard to run in the background while I do other stuff...
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I loved the Psion and Jornada 720 mini PC deeliemabobs. But they were a niche market. I do like my smartphone but I really do hate not having a decent slide out keyboard.
I'm torn between having a glasshole type device which is small and I can use to watch youtube when I'm washing up and a little PC. But a Bluetooth keyboard turns my phone or tablet into such and a man can only watch so much midget pr0....
I mean... screens need to be bigger. Hence glasshole.
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Ryzen APUs are an SOC,so it seems more of an ideal fit for a small device IMHO. Also I wonder how GPU performance compares for the Intel CPU with the Ryzen embedded Zen CPUs. I hope it is better.
Reading a thread on the Prya forums it seems more like AMD is shock awful at supporting developers for their SOCs which is a terrible shame. This would have been a really nice advertising win for AMD but they faltered at the first hurdle.
Basically from here onwards: https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/thr....83620/page-10
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Small screen sizes on laptops are apparently popular based on the amount that exist, but this pushes that to a new level. It does sound handy for the datacenter crowd as suggested above, if you ignore the gaming aspect of it (perhaps that part could be taken out in a future variation to properly appeal to it too).
What I'd like to see though is larger screened laptops. It seems the biggest you'll find is 17", but I think it would be intersting to see availability of larger ones including 24".
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What I'd like to see though is larger screened laptops. It seems the biggest you'll find is 17", but I think it would be intersting to see availability of larger ones including 24".
Alienware does (or did - I am not up very up to date?) 18.4" laptops.
Laptops up to 20" were made (e.g. http://www.notebookreview.com/notebo...tebook-review/) but I guess they didn't really do well enough in the market.
I seem to remember some All-in-one PC (not really laptop) at 24", and battery powered all-in-one battery 27" tablets.
My guess is that in general, laptop above 17-18" are considered niche monstrosities that aren't sufficiently portable and at that point it might be better to just look into some space saving desktops.
(Personally, I still prefer 15.6" if it is something I need to periodically carry with me through airports but still need to be good enough as desktop replacement)
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Small screen sizes on laptops are apparently popular based on the amount that exist, but this pushes that to a new level.
People already do stuff on smartphones, including watching Netflix and YouTube and the like, so yeah.
Tablets are just a touch too big for many, so this size of device is a good compromise and with the added bonus of having (pretty much) a proper PC behind it. I understand gaming on the GPDs has been pretty good too.
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What I'd like to see though is larger screened laptops. It seems the biggest you'll find is 17", but I think it would be intersting to see availability of larger ones including 24".
How about 21"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9tUEOFKNU
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Alienware does (or did - I am not up very up to date?) 18.4" laptops.
Laptops up to 20" were made (e.g.
http://www.notebookreview.com/notebo...tebook-review/) but I guess they didn't really do well enough in the market.
I seem to remember some All-in-one PC (not really laptop) at 24", and battery powered all-in-one battery 27" tablets.
My guess is that in general, laptop above 17-18" are considered niche monstrosities that aren't sufficiently portable and at that point it might be better to just look into some space saving desktops.
(Personally, I still prefer 15.6" if it is something I need to periodically carry with me through airports but still need to be good enough as desktop replacement)
I think I was aware of one or two 18.4" laptops, but all I remembered about them was that they were a number of years ago and nothing more was really heard since.
Alienware instantly means a price-premium anyway of course. And although All-In-One PCs did cross my mind, but I just thought the form factor of a laptop would still be preferablefor and seem more portable for more than just potentially myself.
I guess part of it was me just wondering why there was no mainstream push for laptops with larger screens as I thought it could be appreciated by the gaming crowd even more so for ease of portability to lan parties and events with BYOPC tiers, although for best performance I guess anyone who is really serious about it is going to carefully pack up their (more cost-efficient and upgradeable) desktop and its accessories for the best performance anyway.
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People already do stuff on smartphones, including watching Netflix and YouTube and the like, so yeah.
Tablets are just a touch too big for many, so this size of device is a good compromise and with the added bonus of having (pretty much) a proper PC behind it. I understand gaming on the GPDs has been pretty good too.
How about 21"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-9tUEOFKNU
True, I guess I just personally never saw the appeal of the laptop form factor being as small as 13" (the short-lived nettops seemed bad enough as it was), and 14" was in a similar position to me too. My personal definition of a laptop is of one with at least a 15.6" screen, so I thought that there would surely be a lot more people who think similarly to myself.
As for the 21" laptop, as soon as I heard the video say "it retails for 9000 bucks", it was an instant click off. That's just taking the gaming classification premium to an extremely exorbitant level.
Obviously one of the trade-offs of a laptop is that upgrade options tend to be very limited (and that video being posted in 2018 also likely means that it's out of date by now already, as tech can quickly be anyway), but pricing such as that is only going to appeal to those who can throw away that kind of money and not really even notice it.
Overall I guess it's a matter of people in the mainstream being happy with what options are available, so anyone who differs from that will have to pay whatever premium is necessary if they really want to do something that differs from the norm, as the niche appeal will necessitate higher costs as a result of much lower demand.
TL;DR: I would have thought there would be more people like myself who would be interested in laptops with larger screens, but I'm actually more likely to be in the minority and so would probably have to pay a large premium if I really wanted it.
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True, I guess I just personally never saw the appeal of the laptop form factor being as small as 13"
I'm working on a 15" right now, but I have a fancy model. Most people here have 13". The idea is that you'll mainly have it docked to a proper monitor and (if the company weren't such cheapskates) a proper M&KB too, but can still 'go mobile' and use it to work on the train or in a meeting room or summat.
Netbooks and palmtops and whatever else, ie 10" and smaller, are all following the UMPC idea but with better processing power and features, really.
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My personal definition of a laptop is of one with at least a 15.6" screen, so I thought that there would surely be a lot more people who think similarly to myself.
Opinions will vary wildly.
A friend of mine thought the same as you and for several years bought a brand spanky new gaming laptop every single year. They were invariably big, gaudy, Gamerz type devices with big screens and everything, usually Asus or MSI. After a while, he came to realise that there are diminishing returns and there comes a point where it's actually too big to use like that. He so often found himself setting it up on a desk instead.
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As for the 21" laptop, as soon as I heard the video say "it retails for 9000 bucks", it was an instant click off. That's just taking the gaming classification premium to an extremely exorbitant level.
Well it *is* meant to be insane.....
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TL;DR: I would have thought there would be more people like myself who would be interested in laptops with larger screens
I think they've simply come and gone, having found it didn't actually suit them as well as they'd hoped.
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I'm working on a 15" right now, but I have a fancy model. Most people here have 13". The idea is that you'll mainly have it docked to a proper monitor and (if the company weren't such cheapskates) a proper M&KB too, but can still 'go mobile' and use it to work on the train or in a meeting room or summat.
I see your point, I was thinking more of the personal side of things rather than the work side.
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Opinions will vary wildly.
A friend of mine thought the same as you and for several years bought a brand spanky new gaming laptop every single year. They were invariably big, gaudy, Gamerz type devices with big screens and everything, usually Asus or MSI. After a while, he came to realise that there are diminishing returns and there comes a point where it's actually too big to use like that. He so often found himself setting it up on a desk instead.
Honestly, I would have thought the first realisation that would come quickly would have been to not buy a new one every single year.
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Well it *is* meant to be insane.....
True, but it would have seemed just as insane at half that price.
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I think they've simply come and gone, having found it didn't actually suit them as well as they'd hoped.
Perhaps, although an additional possibility could also be that people aren't willing to pay the premium to get the closest available option, or even just decided that they'd just "make do" with what the closest reasonably-priced mainstream options are, as there clearly isn't enough demand from consumers or interest from the manufacturers to make what they'd prefer.
Not that the tech market is unique in that respect of course, as that could likely be applied to many areas. There's no pleasing everyone after all.
