[Arm-netbook] 15.6in laptop progress

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 2:56 AM, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton
<lkcl at lkcl.net> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Hans-Christian Jehg <hc at jehg.dk> wrote:
>
>> Magnet(s) to hold the lid closed?
>
>  the edge of the lid is 2.5mm thick, so that's out.  the front of the
> lid.... maybe.  that's a curved piece that's about.... 8mm wide.  oh
> wait.... i was going to cover it in a (very thin) metal sheet, to hold
> the screen into its plastic surround... hmm... i should imagine poking
> a hole in it to let magnetic attraction through shouuuld be ok....

 yep, making a clasp is too complex: magnets it is.  and i guess if
the screen bezel is made from steel it would be magnetic.

l.