> Luke did say he was thinking of a 9 inch tablet yes?
> but why not a 2 in 1 tablet that is 11 inches?
because it's about justifying the cost (as in "will people buy it") as well
as the power budget and a whole stack of other factors. designing a 9in
tablet: $50k. designing an 11in tablet: $50k. anybody who is convinced
enough that there's a market, enough to sponsor a design (estimated $50k) i'm
quite happy to hear from them.
the alternative is that someone in the community does the design. they need
to be prepared however to spend at least a year on it.
> I am curious though if you plan to upgrade the following: to a 3 cell or
higher battery such as 6 cell or 9 cell,
this has been answered already a number of times: it's a total redesign (i.e.
another $50k). the different battery arrangement means that the casework
from the 15.6in laptop has to be discarded, and you have to start again.
also, the power board cannot be used: you have to start again with that, too.
because you now have a totally different power board, you also have to
redesign the casework to fit that. also, because the battery is unlikely to
fit on the right-hand side and has to go at the back, now that impacts PCB1
because it's designed to fill the left-hand side all the way to the back.
to summarise: *EVERY SINGLE ONE* of the things that you're casually asking
for is basically a minimum of ONE YEARS worth of work, CalmStorm! even the
micro-desktop board took about... two to three months of work, and that's a
4in x 4.5in board!
64-bit: i'm looking into options (it's on the updates page) however every
single option basically requires full-time a minimum of 3 months work and
will require a minimum of $2k in PCB costs... that's excluding my time.
please remember: this is hardware, it takes time, and it takes money. that
time and that money have to be justified in terms of the return on
investment. if anyone would like to sponsor the development, or work with me
to get these projects done, i'm open to discussions.
