[Arm-netbook] linus torvalds says "2016 is the year of the arm laptop"

[Lauri Kasanen]

On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:07:53 +0000
joem <joem at martindale-electric.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 2015-10-14 at 10:48 +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> > >> > I have 8" and 10" ARM phablets with that resolution display
> > >> > and I'm sure there must be some youtube out there of similar
> > >> > devices.
> > >>
> > >>  what's the model / make and  what's the internal processor?
> > >
> > > Its at home now - It was one of these or a similar model
> > > http://www.geekbuying.com/item/Onda-V919-4G-Air-9-7-Inch-Android-4-4-Phablet-MTK8752-Octa-Core-2-4GHz-2048-1536-2G-3G-4G-2GB-32GB-Tablet-PC-WiFi-GPS-BT---Silver-344501.html
> > 
> >  ahh mediatek gpl-violating with 100% certainty *sigh*.
> > 
> >  ok so it's technically doable.  that's a quad-core 64-bit with an
> > A53... yowser the peak power consumption is going to be enormous
> > though.   it'll be a MIPI or eDP display.
> 
> Most laptops last only 2 / 3 hours with gaming and get very hot.
> These phablets last more than that watching videos.
> I would plug in the adaptor while playing games or doing any
> serious work, and I can imagine a small fan inside to remove heat
> while playing games.
> 
> Still difficult to see what the problem is bringing out ARM laptops with
> high definition displays.

Is there really much point to them? To me the quest for DPI passed the
"mine's bigger than yours" point long ago. Of course I have bad
eyesight, and can barely see the pixels on 1920x1080 at 24", but at the
resolutions the current phones are using you'd need to hold it glued to
your eyeball and still couldn't see it all.

I couldn't find any sales numbers for Chromebook Pixel. Mac sales have
gone down despite the Retina screens. The data does not support the
case that a higher-res screen is the missing point.

- Lauri