--- crowd-funded eco-conscious hardware: https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Wolfram Kahl kahl@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.