Thanks so much for your kind concerns and support.We made this campaign for promotion and marketing test for GPD WIN.Minimum is the fourth. One I open, another on Pyra General and another on Off topic. But yes, this one is more official.
Hey GPD, why do you need a Indiegogo campaign?
Thanks so much for your kind concerns.The development cost for Z8700 is very high and it is also not so mature for us to use it .And Z8700 chip production is't a lot.This is also a limitation.Cause we tend to make a portable Windows devices.so the space may hard to support a Z8700 chip,cause its calorific value is huge than Z8500.so maybe we need to add a cooling system for it.But It is hard to realize for a portable device. Z8500 is the most mature solution and we have test that it is enough for a Windows devices.you can run many huge online games smoothly!!And if you still can do it, change processor, put an atom z5-x8700, because the one you put is really so-so.
How are the controls on the other gpd handhelds?
I saw when you mentioned the sticks before, and I wanted to say this: I figured having actual sticks would be better than nubs. It isn't a total surprise that they aren't great since it is very easy for them to feel like they are wrong, and then there is the issue of little problems making them not function properly (I am talking about an xbox controller that I like for some games but can't stand for others, worn down and floppy N64 controllers, some of the Pandora nub issues, etc.). I have never used a Vita, so I can't tell if I would prefer that route of stick over a nub/circle pad type thing, however those seem to work well for me.Regarding the GPD Q9:
Good d-pad (disc), good shoulder- and action buttons, useless analogue sticks with a very low range.
I saw when you mentioned the sticks before, and I wanted to say this: I figured having actual sticks would be better than nubs. It isn't a total surprise that they aren't great since it is very easy for them to feel like they are wrong, and then there is the issue of little problems making them not function properly (I am talking about an xbox controller that I like for some games but can't stand for others, worn down and floppy N64 controllers, some of the Pandora nub issues, etc.). I have never used a Vita, so I can't tell if I would prefer that route of stick over a nub/circle pad type thing, however those seem to work well for me.
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I am still pretty fond of my p990 (sorta like the 2600 without rumble and blue instead of red). I am pretty curious about the d-pad on the Q9, and wonder why they went with a cross on the Win instead.The Pandora's nubs are vastly superior to the Q9's sticks, believe me. I've played twin stick shooters and racing games with Pandora's nubs nicely, impossible with those sticks.
I actually prefer the Q9s d-pad though, hopefully it doesn't wear down quickly.
Of course no controllers or devices I've ever encountered reached the quality of the Saitek p2600 (awesome d-pad, 6 well positioned good action buttons, 4 good shoulder buttons, nice rubberized analog sticks with a wide range - everything is perfect on this, unfortunately out of production for a long time).
Serious question here..
What does SteamOS provide that Win 10 with Steam automatically booting up in big picture mode doesn't? All I know is it'll have a much smaller library and in some cases inferior drivers.
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One of the good things about Win10 is how well it works with limited hardware, I've seen a £50 windows tablet with 1GB ram running desktop stuff quite well & from my personal experience the Z8300 in the Chuwi Hi 10 is great for desktop work (tried mine with things like Photoshop & CubaseAI) and pretty good for gaming as well.I have to admit, the CPU is a touch concerning considering that it will be running Win10 and all the overheads that entails. It's going to feel awfully slow doing any desktop-based tasks.
Same here, though the choice would be harder for me without the modularity of the Pyra. Despite the probable high initial cost of the Pyra I'm looking at the long game, with the replaceable SOC board the lifetime cost of the device will hopefully be highly competitive.And yeah, like others I would be seriously considering this if the Pyra wasn't on the way - as it is, I think I'll stick with what I know.
Language:
The English used for the campaign is genuinely pidgeon-Chinese at best. Not a huge deal, but could be more professional.
Implying Linux isn't a very practical useful OS <____<Thanks so much for your kind concerns and support!!GPD WIN is based on Windows 10 system.It must be very practical and useful OS.Hope you can click into the link from INDIEGOGO and check it.
Any concerns,just be free to let me know.
Except the Pandora nubs tend to auto-recalibrate and dont have much "travel" (at least for my taste). My left nub is broken, it miss-calibrates all along, right direction does not work anymore. At least I was able to switch to the right nub for mouse controls. That's why I'm happy for every other analog solution.The Pandora's nubs are vastly superior to the Q9's sticks, believe me
Unfortunately, most people that never used Linux in the last few years still think that.Implying Linux isn't a very practical useful OS <____<
Doesn't sound like you know those sticks I was talking about, because Pandora's nubs have more range.Except the Pandora nubs tend to auto-recalibrate and dont have much "travel" (at least for my taste). My left nub is broken, it miss-calibrates all along, right direction does not work anymore. At least I was able to switch to the right nub for mouse controls. That's why I'm happy for every other analog solution.
If you think the Pandora nubs don't have much travel, you haven't used the analog sticks... probably half the travel the Pandora nubs offer.Uhm, but on the pic you clearly see that the analog sticks stand out much more on the Vita and are not sunken in like on the GPD, that's what I wanted to point out.
Except the Pandora nubs tend to auto-recalibrate and dont have much "travel" (at least for my taste). My left nub is broken, it miss-calibrates all along, right direction does not work anymore. At least I was able to switch to the right nub for mouse controls. That's why I'm happy for every other analog solution.
I use to think so until I got the Pandora. I wanted a UMPC but there where no new once except the Pandora. That is the thing that got me into Linux. Ironically this device would have been my dream device a couple of years ago and I would have picked it over anything with Linux, but now that the Pyra is coming and I know how good Linux is I really don't want this device.Unfortunately, most people that never used Linux in the last few years still think that.
It is especcially unfortunate in this case since Windows will make a mobile device with naturally less hardware power than a desktop system painfully slow
Same here. Haven't used Linux before outside of saving my Windows partition sometimes with a Knoppix-CD.I use to think so until I got the Pandora. I wanted a UMPC but there where no new once except the Pandora. That is the thing that got me into Linux. Ironically this device would have been my dream device a couple of years ago and I would have picked it over anything with Linux, but now that the Pyra is coming and I know how good Linux is I really don't want this device.
I bet this handheld would fly much faster with a light Linux distro than Windows 10. At least make it an opinion.
The thing is though, for the games where you need Windows, all of them are better on a desktop.
Steam itself (valve) is about Linux nowadays with SteamOS.
The games you don't need windows for, dota and CS, dont work on handhelds, at all.