[Arm-netbook] Laptop idea

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl at lkcl.net
Sun Aug 10 21:04:52 BST 2014


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 8:50 PM, Vincent B. <vb at luminar.eu.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What about start from a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop, that usually comes with the full
> user guide and parts available, design a custom PCB to host the EOMA-68 card and
> be compatible with the rest of the Thinkpad hardware (screen, keyboard, etc…).
> This would produce an EOMA based laptop, it is even maybe possible to reuse
> PCMCIA ports from the Thinkpad (mine has two such slots).
>
> I would be very interested because I like Thinkpads, but I'd like a system that
> consume much less power, and this just doesn't exist on the market yet.

 yeah exactly.  laptops we have to get to later, once the other
product campaigns are underway and sales are in.   i'll explain more
later.  netbook (10 to 11in 1280x800 LCD) no problem, laptop (1400x900
or above), requires some cash.

l.



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