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Message: 7<br>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:59:27 +0200<br>
From: Alejandro Mery <<a href="mailto:amery@geeks.cl">amery@geeks.cl</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Arm-netbook] Good netbook based on Cortex-A9<br>
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On 30 July 2012 13:41, lkcl luke <<a href="mailto:luke.leighton@gmail.com">luke.leighton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Alejandro Mery <<a href="mailto:amery@geeks.cl">amery@geeks.cl</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> as the idea of crowdfunding the card has been rejected [1]<br>
><br>
> only kickstarter!<br>
><br>
>> and 14" is<br>
>> kind of the worst laptop screen ever, can we have a crowdfunded [2]<br>
>> variant (or variants) of that eoma68 laptop for people who wants a<br>
>> *good* eoma68 laptop regardless what that "laaaarge company" plans to<br>
>> sell in .cn?<br>
><br>
> ok. right. let's look at this seriously. i've used rockethub<br>
> before: their advice is extremely good. critical to the success is to<br>
> have a "pre-campaign" - a group of people who are prepared to:<br>
><br>
> a) put up even a small amount of money, straight away i.e. on the<br>
> same day as launch. this is *important*. it says "this project isn't<br>
> a fly-by-night". like any good party, nobody wants to be the first to<br>
> venture into the "empty space".<br>
><br>
> b) constantly and i mean constantly talk on all the social networks<br>
> and other suitable locations and forums, in order to get past the<br>
> "overload / inertia" barrier.<br>
><br>
> rockethub recommends that this initial seed group be at least 15<br>
> people, made up of friends and family. where i went wrong with the<br>
> previous rockethub project was i made the mistake of assuming that my<br>
> family would actually help out, and i don't *have* 15 friends, so most<br>
> of the 30-day campaign was spent finding people just to get started:<br>
> it was of course too late.<br>
><br>
> so.<br>
><br>
> if we can get at least 15 people who are prepared to commit to a)<br>
> putting in even a small amount straight away (even if it's $15) just<br>
> to get the numbers off the ground b) push at least one message at<br>
> least once a day an announcement on at least one forum, mailing list<br>
> or social network - then i'll go ahead and start a project.<br>
><br>
> but before doing that, we need to define what people would be<br>
> prepared to fund! we have on one extreme end, gordan who loves 15in<br>
> 1920x1080 laptops, and on the other extreme we have the 10in<br>
> form-factor with *shudder* 1024x600 LCDs. i think we have enough<br>
> sense, collectively, to appreciate that skimping on the screen is bad?<br>
> thus a minimum can be set of 1280x768.<br>
><br>
> i'd be inclined to go for adapting a straightforward preexisting 12in<br>
> x86 "no-brand" laptop. 12in with a 1280x768 (or 1280x800) LCD is the<br>
> right sort of size. keep the battery the same, so that it can still<br>
> be bought off-the-shelf. still make it possible to take a 2.5in SATA<br>
> drive.<br>
><br>
> i'll revitalise the gpx32 (openpandora) thread, as well - there were<br>
> lots of people interested on there.<br>
><br>
> it'll have to be made clear that the project *does not* include the<br>
> cost of development of the A10 EOMA-68 CPU Card: that's already being<br>
> taken care of.<br>
><br>
> btw, wojchiek: later on, you can always get a Cortex A9 EOMA-68 CPU<br>
> card and upgrade.<br>
<br>
count me in as one of the 15 for that 12in eoma68 laptop, but let's<br>
get this thing moving. please don't forget about the keyboard and case<br>
quality too... we (programmers) tend to be pretty extreme with them<br>
;-) and the point of eoma68 is to be able to keep the same laptop for<br>
a loong time so it needs to be solid.<br>
<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Count me in too. I've been passively following this list for quite a bit already, and I would like to see this thing materialized.<br><br>Cheers!<br></div></div>