Re: anyone interested in grouping together to get better pricing than $130 on ARM 7in Netbooks?
> 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? :)
M
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