[Arm-netbook] Another laptop project: PINEBOOK

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

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


On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:02 PM, David Boddie <david at boddie.org.uk> wrote:
> Since I'm posting links to random things, here's another upcoming laptop
> product:
>
> https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=3707

 well... this list _is_ called arm-netbooks :)

> It's clearly not comparable to the EOMA68 laptop because it lacks the
> modularity, and is obviously not as flexible as a result, and it's fairly
> limited in terms of the interfaces and expansion options it offers.

 and uses a processor which cannot be brought up without a proprietary
binary-only bootloader, yippeee!

> It shows how low prices can get, and that is perhaps more interesting for
> EOMA68 because it suggests a price point that a mass-market laptop could aim
> for.

 yeahyeah.  it's not hard... it just needs volume.

l.