Hi, I do not want to run Linux or Windows, so that makes the current laptops a non starter.
Derek On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:08:18 +0000 Roy wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tarquin Mills > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > <SNIP> > >> Would people be willing to pay a $400-$600 premium for a laptop? That has > >> 1/10th the performance of if you'd left it alone and just installed QPC? > > > >Yes, if they were serious, while the laptop would be much faster than > >1/10th, in fact it will be faster than QPC, while if it uses Coldfire > >that will bring it into the next league. Do not forget the sales on > >other platforms. > To be brutally frank here modern laptops are cheap and very fast. Most > mid range laptops would be faster than a coldfire system and would > happily run LINUX, QPC and Windows. Hard drives are getting bigger, CPUs > are more efficient peripherals are cheaper. Making your own laptop, > whilst an interesting project and worthy of you efforts, will never be a > commercial proposition. > -- > Roy Wood > Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB > Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030 fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 > web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
