[Arm-netbook] Good netbook based on Cortex-A9

Simon Kenyon simon at koala.ie
Mon Jul 30 13:26:08 BST 2012


On 07/30/12 13:17, Alejandro Mery wrote:
> On 30 July 2012 13:41, lkcl luke<luke.leighton at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>   but before doing that, we need to define what people would be
>> prepared to fund!  we have on one extreme end, gordan who loves 15in
>> 1920x1080 laptops, and on the other extreme we have the 10in
>> form-factor with *shudder* 1024x600 LCDs.  i think we have enough
>> sense, collectively, to appreciate that skimping on the screen is bad?
>> thus a minimum can be set of 1280x768.
>>
>>   i'd be inclined to go for adapting a straightforward preexisting 12in
>> x86 "no-brand" laptop.  12in with a 1280x768 (or 1280x800) LCD is the
>> right sort of size.  keep the battery the same, so that it can still
>> be bought off-the-shelf.  still make it possible to take a 2.5in SATA
>> drive.
>
> are 1366x768 ~12" harder to find or notably more expensive?

i have had to use a 1366xwhatever laptop for the last few months.
irrespective of the screen size, anything less that 1080p is a waste of 
money. you can never have too fast a processor, too much memory or too 
many pixels.



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