The $100 laptop

[unixprgrmr01 at netscape.net]

The solution is simple... "plug &play"?!?!? modular upgrade parts 
consistent with the same inexpensive pricing as the original. If well 
designed ( and it looks like it IS!) this will be a matter of course.
 Lynn


 -----Original Message-----
 From: FoulDragon at aol.com
 To: plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
 Sent: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 23:59:00 EDT
 Subject: Re: The $100 laptop

  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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