On the whole laptop issue, check out Nextbook. I was able to pick up one with a detachable keyboard from Walmart for 100 dollars, and an 8 inch one with no keyboard on Amazon for 50 dollars that charges with a droid charger. Both run full Windows, both came with 8, both had a free upgrade to 10, the 8 inch one literally didn't have the space to do the upgrade, lol. Believe it or not, they run Thug Pro, and are great for trips. I use the one I upgraded to 10 regularly to play XB1 anywhere I am in my house with the Xbox Streaming feature. Works great.
As for ThugProPSP, though it will most-likely never see any development, it could still be used in the PPSSPP emulator, which is excellent and supports online play. In the past I've tried to bring some attention to it, because using the emulator we essentially have THP8 PC online right now, and it runs smoothly on my pc. PPSSPP is also supported on android and doesn't crash often, it's just slow and depends on your phone.
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