Re: NetWinder

[David Welton <davidw@gate.cks.com>]

On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 05:17:55PM -0400, Robert Edmonds wrote:

> How much do these NetWinders cost? I have been considering buying a new
> K6/motherboard/RAM but am wondering if the NetWinder would be more cost
> effective -- also, I am interested in joining the Debian ARM port team.
> Are there any sorts of discounts for developers wishing to help develop
> Debian for the StrongARM?

I think I got mine for around $750 - there is more info on
www.corelcomputer.com.  Cost effective? Hrmm.. PC's have an economy of
scale that blows everything else away, but I think the netwinder is
still competitive - it has lots of neat gizmos, like video, sound,
IR..  Discounts.. hrmm I'm not sure, you'd probably have to dig
around... I know the discount I got was during a trade show - maybe
they will do something similiar during the ALS?  Maybe you could
arrange to purchase the one they send you:->>

More than anything, it's a lot of fun - it's cool to work on something
sort of new, and yet, you don't have to pay a ton of money (like with
alpha's or sparcs).  Best of all, Corel is aiming these things at
linux, so they're just going to get better.  Compared with other
internet appliance/network computer kinds of items, I think the price
is pretty good, and the machine is very flexible... (compare with
cobalt qube, which costs more and doesn't do as much, afaik).

Ciao,
-- 
David Welton                          http://www.efn.org/~davidw 

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