I cannot recall seeing the word "cyberdeck" until 2 days ago, on this site. Now there are 2 articles on the front page with this term. The keyword tag has been used only in the last 2 days: https://twostopbits.com/tag?q=cyberdeck
Did I miss some event in the world that made this word popular? I understand it's a word from Neuromancer. I read that decades ago, so I don't remember anything. I gather from context that "cyberdeck" is a slang for "retro laptop" or "retro tablet"?
For those that don’t know ..What people are actually building is a laptop, but they are emulating a "cyberdeck" which was a portable computer used by hackers to jack into cyberspace in William Gibson's 1984 book "Neuromancer". A jacked user experienced cyberspace as a virtual reality. Geeks like myself who build these things try to trick out the laptop to look retro or futuristic that never happened. In some similar ways to Steampunk. They also looked like the military grade laptops in Aliens or Space: Above and Beyond.
These are are some good examples of them. some are just art that is kick ass; some work as real equipment, but it should totally say "80s" when you see them: https://www.mrjakeparker.com/blog/2022/3/15/cyberdecks