The $100 laptop

[FoulDragon at aol.com]

One potential pitfall:  A lot of the old standardised machines (C64, Atari 
800, Sinclair Spectrum) were huge successes because they WERE extremely 
standardised.  It's a fixed target, almost like a console, for a developer, and it 
ensures that everyone gets the same performance experience on their machine.  The 
first C64 ran off the assembly line just as people were first offering 8MHz 
8088 XT clones, and the last one competed with 33MHz 486DXs.

I worry what happens when it becomes cost effective to make generation 2 of 
the $100 laptop better than generation 1.  Or alternatively, if they hold the 
line on features, eventually the price will tick up as you have obsoleted parts 
still being made solely for them.
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