[Arm-netbook] arm-netbook Digest, Vol 25, Issue 103

[Jardi Martínez]

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> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:59:27 +0200
> From: Alejandro Mery <amery at geeks.cl>
> Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] Good netbook based on Cortex-A9
> To: Linux on small ARM machines <arm-netbook at lists.phcomp.co.uk>
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> On 30 July 2012 13:41, lkcl luke <luke.leighton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Alejandro Mery <amery at geeks.cl> wrote:
> >
> >> as the idea of crowdfunding the card has been rejected [1]
> >
> >  only kickstarter!
> >
> >> and 14" is
> >> kind of the worst laptop screen ever, can we have a crowdfunded [2]
> >> variant (or variants) of that eoma68 laptop for people who wants a
> >> *good* eoma68 laptop regardless what that "laaaarge company" plans to
> >> sell in .cn?
> >
> >  ok.  right.  let's look at this seriously.  i've used rockethub
> > before: their advice is extremely good.  critical to the success is to
> > have a "pre-campaign" - a group of people who are prepared to:
> >
> >  a) put up even a small amount of money, straight away i.e. on the
> > same day as launch.  this is *important*.  it says "this project isn't
> > a fly-by-night".  like any good party, nobody wants to be the first to
> > venture into the "empty space".
> >
> >  b) constantly and i mean constantly talk on all the social networks
> > and other suitable locations and forums, in order to get past the
> > "overload / inertia" barrier.
> >
> >  rockethub recommends that this initial seed group be at least 15
> > people, made up of friends and family.  where i went wrong with the
> > previous rockethub project was i made the mistake of assuming that my
> > family would actually help out, and i don't *have* 15 friends, so most
> > of the 30-day campaign was spent finding people just to get started:
> > it was of course too late.
> >
> >  so.
> >
> >  if we can get at least 15 people who are prepared to commit to a)
> > putting in even a small amount straight away (even if it's $15) just
> > to get the numbers off the ground b) push at least one message at
> > least once a day an announcement on at least one forum, mailing list
> > or social network - then i'll go ahead and start a project.
> >
> >  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.
> >
> >  i'll revitalise the gpx32 (openpandora) thread, as well - there were
> > lots of people interested on there.
> >
> >  it'll have to be made clear that the project *does not* include the
> > cost of development of the A10 EOMA-68 CPU Card: that's already being
> > taken care of.
> >
> >  btw, wojchiek: later on, you can always get a Cortex A9 EOMA-68 CPU
> > card and upgrade.
>
> count me in as one of the 15 for that 12in eoma68 laptop, but let's
> get this thing moving. please don't forget about the keyboard and case
> quality too... we (programmers) tend to be pretty extreme with them
> ;-) and the point of eoma68 is to be able to keep the same laptop for
> a loong time so it needs to be solid.
>
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>
Count me in too. I've been passively following this list for quite a bit
already, and I would like to see this thing materialized.

Cheers!
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