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Review on πŸ’» GPD Pocket 2: Intel m3-8100Y CPU Update | 7" Touch Screen Windows 10 Mini Laptop UMPC Tablet PC by Andrew Holman

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The future you were promised

Very interesting form factor. The body style roughly reminds me of the aluminum MacBooks from 2004 when they had the best industrial design. This is exactly the future you were promised: a general-purpose computer the size and weight of a paperback book. The only thing that really let me down about this device is Windows 10. After waiting 5 hours for updates, I just turned it off and installed Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on it, which only took 20 minutes. That being said, there are some features that are not currently 100% available on Linux, mostly related to audio over HDMI, HDMI over USB-C, and hibernation. These specific flaws don't matter to my use cases, but if fixed by the manufacturer this would be a flawless product. My GPD Pocket came straight from the factory and the packaging material smelled faintly of formaldehyde. You might want to test what they are using.

Pros
  • Availability
Cons
  • Makes me nervous