Well, enough people have posted about the political ramifications and what the project is about. Now I'd like to say why *I* want one.
1. It's cheap. Even at $300. 2. 400MHz/128MB/512MB is plenty for what I need a laptop to do. 3. It's got WiFi built in with mesh capabilities - Under Linux. No more struggling with Intel's crappy Linux "support" for their WiFi chipsets. 4. Hand Crank. Why do I like this? Because I do a lot of camping and I'm often in places where I can't plug in. This is *THE* selling point to me. It means I can go out in the mountains for *weeks* and still have a working laptop to work on. Without praying for sunny days so a solar charger works or buying a recharging backpack thingie. It's all in there. 5. "Sunlight Readable" display. - yet configurable for massive power savings with monochrome. 6. EBook mode. - Not only the physical config but the low power mode of it. 7. Spill resistant keyboard - How hard is it for laptop manufacturers to make their systems a bit better resistant to people knocking soda cans or coffee cups over on to a laptop? 8. No rotating media - Makes this thing impact resistant. 9. Seals for better water and dust resistance when closed. 10. USB External storage available - (Doesn't matter which laptop you are using, your files are on the usb dongle.) Just being a bit selfish here, but these are things hardware manufacturers might want to think about. Brian _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
