[Arm-netbook] 12in laptop story

[Alain Williams]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 07:27:01PM +0000, Luke Leighton wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Alejandro Mery <amery at geeks.cl> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 16:19, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
> > <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> folks hi,
> >>
> >> been very quiet on this list because i have been working behind the
> >> scenes, putting the pieces together for an ARM-based 12in 1280x800
> >> laptop.  there are several "great" 1024x600 ARM laptops out there, but
> 
> >> so - i haven't gone away: i just didn't want to natter on mindlessly.
> >> if anyone's interested let me know, ok?
> >
> > Hi luke,
> > and what price range are you targetting? how much ram? ...
> 
>  BOM of about $150 to $160 translates rouughly into $250 to $300
> (realistically).  1gb RAM of course :)

Is that with $1 == #1 or $1 == #0.62

All too often it is far cheaper to buy the same thing in the USA :-(

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