I have a Surface Go 2. It’s bigger than the GPD but still small and lightweight enough that I carry it everywhere “just in case”. Even if it’s not the most comfortable machine to code on due to keyboard constraints and general speed limitations, it offers a kid of… intimacy that’s hard to describe. I love writing blog posts on it from different places of the house.
I was recently tossing up between a ThinkPad x1 nano and a M1 air. Got them both second hand for a steal and had some time to play with them.
If the nano had the battery life of the m1, and didn't sell for 50% more than the m1 was worth, I would have kept it. It just felt like an inviting machine, like a well worn paper notebook. More at home in my actual lap than any desk, no matter what position I was contorted in. And felt fine to toss around and treat rough, with the slightly cramped space only enhancing the experience of a light, portable machine. All making it something I carried around, just in case. Helped that it barely weighed anything at all.
The air isn't too bad, but there's something sterile about it, and it doesn't fade in the background, or even a backpack, quite as well.
I used a Go for many years but recently switched to the SP X because I realized I really only needed thin and light, not small, and a full sized keyboard is so much better to use.
