[Arm-netbook] video of 15.6in laptop casework

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross
<maillist_arm-netbook at aross.me> wrote:
> been meaning to say, it looks awesome luke, the pics a few posts ago and
> a cool smooth look. in the video the purple colour looks more like a
> funky purple than in the pics, I’m quite fond of a deep funky purple :).

 yeah me too, i like bright eye-burning colours for some reason.  i
have a colour-coordinated tennis outfit that includes a lime-green
shirt, bright red shorts, blue racket used by nikolai davydenko (no,
really, it really *was* his racket - custom-made), with an orange
damper, bright neon-yellow tennis shoes and mis-matching socks.

 i'm thinking of providing people with the option of 3d-printed
"random coloured parts", as well as one that's entirely clear ABS.  i
think it'd be utterly cool to be able to see all the parts inside a
laptop.

> oh with the keyboard will it be that layout or will/can it be one with a
> fn key next to the arow keys so you can, using one hand browser page
> up/down, home/end/ up,down,left,right. like on my asus 1011px keyboard.
> just ask for a pic if you would like one?
>
> is it possible to get rid of the m$ logo  for the super key on the
> keyboard on the final production units? swap it or have it as a
> plain,blank key or one like it with the round cycle but without the
> logo? maybe include a robust sticker(s) for the user to put on to there
> liking?

 i picked the keyboard based on its availability, and the casework has
to be hard-custom-made to match it *and* then you have to arrange the
PCB *specifically* to match the output connector in *exactly* the
right place for that absolute specific make and model of keyboard.

 later on it will be possible to custom-design keys by asking the
keyboard manufacturer to make something else, but that requires a MOQ
of 50,000 units and takes a long time to arrange and source.

 the keyboard i picked because it is very common in a number of OEM
laptops, and a number of Packard Bell laptops as well.  so there is no
danger of it going end-of-line for a good while yet.

l.

> thank you muchly for all your hard work.
>
> looking forward to having one :D
>
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