[Arm-netbook] EOMA/CF idea

[jonsmirl at gmail.com]

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 3:49 PM, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 8:43 PM, jonsmirl at gmail.com <jonsmirl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What is the application where the end user will want to swap CPU cards?
>
>  go into a supermarket, buy an upgrade... *without* having to throw
> away the entire device.  *just* a replacement CPU card.
>
>  go into a supermarket, buy a new chassis.  take out the CPU card in
> the older chassis, put it in the new one.  device still has all data,
> all apps, all history, all bookmarks and all privacy preserved.

There are a lot of major issues with FCC licensing in that model. You
are probably going to have to put the entire card into a metal jacket.
 After you do that there are going to be a bunch of thermal problems.
All of this can be addressed but it is a lot of work.


>
>  l.
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