Hello,
Am 2010-01-30 21:23:37, schrieb Martin Guy:
> > i just wish these manufacturers would get their act together and
> > produce 9in and 10in ARM netbooks. there seems to be some sort of
> > mis-match (of their own expectations) that a 600 or 700mhz ARM CPU
> > somehow wouldn't be "good enough" to run a 1024x600 or 1280x800 LCD,
>
> It's not a CPU performance issue, but about reducing the cost of the
> components; the physical display panel is a pricey item; board, chips,
> sockets and assembly can be done fairly cheaply. Remember the early
> home micros, when the priciest item on the list was the keyboard? :)
True, I have recently bought a caton of 50 TFT Displays and payed 22 US$.
The 5"7 Where 26 US$ and the 8" 65 US$. The 10"4 cost 86 US$.
IF you can read german go to the Website
<http://www.mikrocontroller.net/>
and search for Michelle and the Topic "SAMMELBESTELLUNG" in the "Markt"
Forum...
For those under you, who build there own ARM based Computers, the next
collectiv order will be on 2010-02-21 after the chinese Holidays and I
send to ALL EU countries plus Swiss.
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
Michelle Konzack
Systemadministrator
Electronic Engineer
Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
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