[Arm-netbook] laptop landfill ratio? ;-)

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68


On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Wolfram Kahl <kahl at cas.mcmaster.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 07:14:11PM +0100, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
>>
>>  the update for the 1080p60 video should be out by then,
>
> It has been mentioned occasionally that 1366x768 is a disappointing resolution
> for a 15.6" laptop

 it's surprisingly useable, plus you always have the HDMI output if
you need a 2nd (dual) screen or 1920x1080.

> --- how much of the $450 ``PIY Laptop Housing Kit'' would be reusable
> for a different display?

  if you didn't want to be EOMA68 compliant, you could re-use pretty
much all of it and just redo PCB1 (the main board) which has the LVDS
IC on it (SN75LVDS83b) and the step-up regulator for the LCD
backlight.

 *HOWEVER*...

 you would *NEED* to find a max 4.5 watt LCD (max 4.5 watt including
backlight) otherwise you would need to redesign the Power PCB.  if you
redesign the Power PCB that's a massive cascade effect where you now
need to redesign the entire casework....

 basically this casework is like for the "average person" doing a bit
of email, internet browsing, printing documents, watching films and so
on.  it's in *no way* suited to software development, video editing
and the like.

l.