[Arm-netbook] ACER ARM-based Laptop - anyone seen it?

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton luke.leighton at gmail.com
Sun Aug 14 15:26:40 BST 2011


On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Tegra-2-J.T.-Wang-ultrabook-honeycomb-Transformer,13119.html
> ... anyone actually seen these machines from ACER yet?

http://www.saverstore.com/product/20073121/7725665/Acer-Iconia-A500-Tablet-PC-ARM-Dual-Cortex--A9--1GHz-1GB-32GB-eMMC-101-inch-WXGA-LED--1280-x-800--WLAN-Bluet

 so err... that'll be a "no"?  that's not a laptop is it.   and
jaeeezuss look at the price.  £465 retail they must be off their
heads.  might as well get the $750 enyxos http://hardkernel.com
developer platform at that price - at least you'd get the source code
and a ready-made community based around programming it.

"The ICONIA TAB plays HD 720p video, and puts out Full HD 1080p on a
big screen via HDMI®. "

 ... then why did boxee _drop_ the Tegra 250 and go with the Intel
CE4100 then eh?

i just don't understand.  it's not cheap - it's not exciting (because
it's on the android bandwagon - android devices are 2-a-penny) it's
not different like that "transformer" tablet - the one with a keyboard
as a stand - and it's not preloaded with a desktop OS.

anyone got any explanations because i'm mystified at the disconnect i really am.

l.



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