I enjoy writing as a hobby, but getting a portable thing to write on that isn't my phone is... a concern.

Every time I go to look at a dedicated writing device (think like a freewrite) I'll admit, I boggle, hard. They're all *incredibly* expensive. That freewrite I mentioned? Like $550.

I can get 8 gigs of RAM and one of those stupid RGB spacers for that.

Part of me wants to work up some kinda cyberdeck-y writing machine using a Pi Zero W 2, an e-ink screen, and a decent keyboard. At that point, though, I may as well take a thinkpad or a basic chromebook (with linux on it, because to hell w/ chromeos) and use that...

EDIT: Okay, I guess the idea of making my own writing device isn't exactly unique.

https://www.reddit.com/r/writerDeck/