codeninja posted on Oct 24 2005 at 03:31 AM said:
Why don't you just get a notebook that comes with everything you mentioned? Do you really want to carry a suitcase with HDD, mouse, keyboard, wifi dongle, and so on?
i don't know about him but i already do that
(except for the keyboard
)
the problem is that my laptop has only 2 hours of autonomy so it's not very useful in a paris-tokyo flight for example and if you plug a joypad on it it's quite bothersome to handle (maybe with one of these cute little ultrasmall japanese fujitsu laptops or etc .... but that's not the same price :blink: )
and the biggest thing is simply the HANDLING (normal for a handheld
) a little GP32 is simply much better to use than a laptop to play so a GP2x should be twice much better !
but the GP32's biggest problem (except the joystick
) was the 128Mo limited memory card, (so i kept my laptop near to replace things on that card
)
now with SDcards it's a bit better, because we can have BIG cards, but they ar more expensive than the machine itself! (in fact they're more expensive than 2 GP2x
)
so that would be more rational to have the ability to plug something bigger on it, for example a 30Go X5L (the L means 35 hours of battery) mp3 player , wich can also be used as a self powered external HDD, for 320 bucks , still cheaper than a 4Go SDcard, no wonder why peoples want USB host
remember the GP2X is promoted as a video player, and movies are not very friends with memory cards , unless you decide that there is ONE movie you'll want too see while you'll be "on the way"
then for mouse, keyboard etc they all make me kinda think of office-oriented works so not very concept-compliant maybe?
