Is there really a light at the end of the journey...?

[TrashyMG]

@error

Well: https://en.bab.la/dictionary/polish-english/pyra

 

[levi]

@error

Well: https://en.bab.la/dictionary/polish-english/pyra

Also, in Portuguese it's an old form of the work 'pira' which in slang means an unnamed or unknown thingamajig. In Brazilian slang though it means a ridiculous or unlikely proposition

 

[FBnil]

@TrashyMG @levi
In Spanish, "pirar" or "pirarse" is run away (also exists in Dutch " 'm peren")
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/spanish-english/pirarse
Also "pira" is in third person form.

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

@TrashyMG @levi
In Spanish, "pirar" or "pirarse" is run away (also exists in Dutch " 'm peren")
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/spanish-english/pirarse
Also "pira" is in third person form.

¡Que te pires!

 

[mclien]

Brick is the best shape

fullACK. Brick ist teh only desogn that will survive how I usually stuff my daily backpack. Taht ist honestly the reason why I hate this modern mobile devices design "foodprint A3, but 3mm thin". Would break, when I THINK how I would stuff it mentioned backpack

 

[FBnil]

Brick ist the only design

Bauhaus Pyra: Goal-Driven Design: Which says that the shape of a handheld should primarily relate to its intended function or purpose.

The Pyra embraces functional design patterns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_follows_function

 

[oskda]

It has been a very very long and deep tunnel, so long and deep I don't remember how many years we are stuck in it. Still I don't see the light at the end, because I don't see the end: we continue in this tunnel at least for half a year or more, even if we want to believe 2-months-TM

 

[Revan]

Murphy's law says it will cause problems.

Yes, and Moore's law says it will be obsolete by the time it's released.

 

[Letalis Sonus]

Yes, and Moore's law says it will be obsolete by the time it's released.

2016 called, they want their broken law back.

 

[WizardStan]

2016 called, they want their broken law back.

1965 called, they said it wasn't supposed to be used like that in the first place.

 

[carlberry]

I keep reading comments about how the Pyra will be obsolete before it's ready. Now my understanding of obsolete is that it has been replaced by something that does everything it does but better, so if you could point me to the more up to date handheld Linux computer I should be buying instead of the Pyra...

 

[Caine]

I keep reading comments about how the Pyra will be obsolete before it's ready.

It is not the Pyra that is obsolete but the OMAP5 inside of it. Important difference.

 

[Eight Bit]

Nah, as long as it does exactly the same as most other processors do (if even slower) t's not obsolete....

 

[Kippykip]

I keep reading comments about how the Pyra will be obsolete before it's ready. Now my understanding of obsolete is that it has been replaced by something that does everything it does but better, so if you could point me to the more up to date handheld Linux computer I should be buying instead of the Pyra...

gpd-win 2 lol

 

[TrashyMG]

gpd-win 2 lol

Does the GPD-Win 2 have a lot of removable storage? an easy to type on keyboard in a handheld situation? easily removable battery? Upgradabilty path? Support after a year when GPD-Win X comes out? A non-glued in battery that won't swell up and break open the casing?

So far it's not better at everything, just better at running Windows programs for a short period of time.

 

[directive0]

I definitely looked at the Win2, but every time my finger hovers over the buy now button I learn something disappointing about it and go back to waiting for the Pyra.

 

[Grench]

I keep reading comments about how the Pyra will be obsolete before it's ready. Now my understanding of obsolete is that it has been replaced by something that does everything it does but better, so if you could point me to the more up to date handheld Linux computer I should be buying instead of the Pyra...

The closest device that I have found is the Planet Computers Gemini. No gaming controls. Storage is limited when compared to the Pyra, but compared to most phones -huge- (64GB onboard + microSDXC) (I have 64 + 200 GB in mine). Keyboard is meant for touch typing on a flat surface. Key pitch is about 70% of normal - tight for touch typing. Thumb typing is compromised as well - angles are wrong for flat(ish) keys. Has speakers on both sides, but not in stereo. Linux is officially 'an option', but is community supported. Open bootloader, OS loading software for Win10 and Linux included for free. So, no, it isn't going to make a Pyra irrelevant any day soon.

 

[vcoleiro1]

Does the GPD-Win 2 have a lot of removable storage? an easy to type on keyboard in a handheld situation? easily removable battery? Upgradabilty path? Support after a year when GPD-Win X comes out? A non-glued in battery that won't swell up and break open the casing?

So far it's not better at everything, just better at running Windows programs for a short period of time.

To be fair:

The WIN 2 does have a lot of removable storage including a fast user swappable SSD.

And yes, I find the keyboard easy to thumb type on . A lot of users have reported typing speeds of ~ 40 wpm with a little practice, with a few people(freaks ) reporting top speeds of about 60 wpm at the top end

It does not have a user fast swappable battery. Although it can be replaced if it ever fails

No upgrade path, but it does have a SOC that is a lot faster than the Omap5 and also has a proper cooling system to allow you to get a lot out of it

Battery swelling was an issue with some WIN 1's not the WIN 2, in fact the WIN 2 was designed to address that issue

Windows updates continue to come via mircrosoft, and driver updates are regularly available from MS and Intel etc

The battery on the WIN 2 is ~ 10,000mAh. or about 66% larger than that on the PYRA. If you want long battery life you can dial down the TDP to say 3W or maybe lower and still get better peformance than the omap5 while getting very long battery life if you want that.

 

[TrashyMG]

@vcoleiro1 -
Stop supporting the enemy...

Also It's only 58.7% larger, the Pyra has a 6300mAh battery...

 

[sm0kew0n]

I definitely looked at the Win2, but every time my finger hovers over the buy now button I learn something disappointing about it and go back to waiting for the Pyra.

I learnt something disappointing about the Win2; the Win1 and the GPD XD.