Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 17:50:37 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] OQO - Possible Libretto successor?
Eh, nothing special. They've had portable super-mini desktop PCs for years -- there was that recent one, forget the name, which is the size of just the CD-RW drive itself and maybe just a little more than an inch high with built-in 1Ghz PIII and everything except the LCD screen. Tossing a small LCD monitor together with that would be the same as the OQO to a degree, but with built-in CD-RW capability. -- How small you can get isn't that big of a deal today -- you can easily hook up a microLCD heads-up display panel to any VGA out today, then shrink everything down accordingly. Could probably get the Libretto to half it's size today if they wanted it with a mini-chicklet keyboard in there as well. But realistically, at some point, everything becomes too small to be useful as a laptop, and you start calling it a portable cellphone or PDA instead. Plus, typing in anything will go at a snail's pace. -- Myself, I'd vote for something the same size as the current L110 model, but 1/2 as thick, half as heavy, faster, longer battery life, and with an edge-to-edge screen. Maybe even add an optional dock underneath for the CD-RW option (something I wish they had). A super-tiny portable desktop PC - anyone can make one, but it ain't too useful. A super-light, super-thin, decently sized mini-notebook? Now that's useful. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
