On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Ken Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Marko Peussa <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> Now, if there is a market for 'low or no disturbance' technology, given >> the cell phone analogy, what would it mean for computers? >> > > I think it would mean the Model 401, a clamshell PC with a full-travel > keyboard (like on the Model 100/102/200), a low-power ARM processor and a > Fujitsu color eInk display for low power / extended battery life operation: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VmCrblDMlc >
That display is pretty.. but it takes about .7 seconds to repaint. I wonder how that translates to updates of small areas of the screen as pop-ups and individual characters are output. As long as it's not too jarring and it's going faster than most people read I guess .7 for a full paint could be OK. I wonder if the technology in the OLPC's display tech is any more widely available today? http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/why-i-favor-mary-lous-olpc-screen-tech-over-e-ink-at-least-for-my-purposes/ There is definitely a market for the 401. The question is how far beyond our little sewing circle it goes. -- John.
