I had one, running Linux. Gave it away to the OpenBSD project. The screen is just too small to be useful. The 12" MacBook, while equally anemic, is far more usable. Hopefully they make future M1 MacBooks that are lighter, the M1 MacBook Air is significantly heavier than the 12" MacBook.
I also have a Planet Gemini, the spiritual successor to the Psion 5, that I still have but to be frank almost never use. That would be a much better candidate for tiniest laptop in the West (it ships with Android but you can install Linux).
I've had a bunch of other similar ultra-compact computers with keyboards, from the Cambridge Z88 to the HP95LX and 200LX, Sony Clié UX50 and Nokia E62 and N800. The reality never matches the dream.
My fantasy is bringing back the 11" MacBook Air, which was just a better computer than the 12" MacBook. The latter gave us the damnable butterfly keyboard, so that might just be resentment on my part.
The 11” Air is probably my favourite portable device of all time. A full proper laptop with desktop experience and Apple hardware quality, in the size/weight of a tablet. I don’t even notice it in my backpack.
Completely agree. The fantasy/dream is productivity on the go. But in reality we are productive full size keyboard. Not that you can never become productive on one of these devices but it will take a certain amount of time and one should consider the availability/discontinuation of these devices since they are so niche.
That being said, I am still going to order a PinePhone with the hope that the Psion-like keyboard will make me productive :D
I also have a Planet Gemini, the spiritual successor to the Psion 5, that I still have but to be frank almost never use. That would be a much better candidate for tiniest laptop in the West (it ships with Android but you can install Linux).
I've had a bunch of other similar ultra-compact computers with keyboards, from the Cambridge Z88 to the HP95LX and 200LX, Sony Clié UX50 and Nokia E62 and N800. The reality never matches the dream.