[Arm-netbook] Crowd Sourcing Proposal

[Gordan Bobic]

On 10/11/2012 02:42 PM, Paul Kench wrote:
>> How about a nice little box that makes it connect to an Atrix Mk1
>> lapdock? That way you can get a lapdock for ~$70 and have a nice
>> modular laptop that doesn't look like a horrible bodge.
>>
>> The thing is - we've discussed this at some length here before. And
>> since all the "box" would do is essentially break out USB and HDMI.
>> Whatever happened to this idea? It's bound to be cheaper in terms of
>> development and manufacturing costs than doing a complete laptop
>> chassis.
>>
> This is a good idea, I don't say this just cause I own one (it's a nice
> piece of hardware). The main problem to work around is power:
> 		
> 		-The USB connector is a bit weird, it connects to the USB of
> the phone, with the phone as host (or otg), but can feed power
> back to charge the phone. I have broken the power wires out of this (using a
> lego connector) and used it to power a mele, which 		it can do
> until you plug a SATA drive in.

Presumably this is a spinning SATA disk, not a SSD? (Intel SSDs 
typically come in at under 150mW peak, if the spec sheet is to be believed).

It'd be nice if the said box for the lapdock had a SATA disk slot in it. 
That would tick of pretty much all requirements in one go.

Gordan