I want an OMAP-based laptop that can run off batteries for 24+ hours on a single charge, that runs Linux, emacs and Django on a decent, 800+ line screen.
The way it is, the article is a series of complaints of a Visual Studio user who, appearently, can't rearange the windows in its own environment. Not everyone uses Visual Studio and most of those who use should be able to set up their environment comfortably.
I am fine with a widescreen laptop: I just use the rest of the screen for things other than source-code. For me, any landscape screen is less than perfect. I would much rather use a portrait monitor, but a laptop with a portrait display is less than practical.
I never used a square screen... Anyone willing to sell an NCD-16 1024x1024 X terminal?
And I want an ARM-based Apple laptop (for the OS) with a dedicated vector processor for all of that glorious parallel stuff, with no spinning anything (SSD implied), a running time on the order of days, a decent angles on the screen, etc.
I am prepared to pay the price.
Where's my laptop? Huh?
Same place my screen was for two years -- nowhere to be found. All I wanted was a 22'' wide IPS panel with a decent resolution and no bells.
We're a weird bunch. And no one manufacturer got our back with all of our weird requirements. Whining won't help.
Something is fundamentally broken with the free market model of doing business, that's what I think.
The problem is the screen. 600x1024 is the bare minimum. I use an Acer Aspire One, which is a great netbook, very responsive, runs everything I throw at it at decent, if not breathtaking, speeds, but the screen is the weakest point. When on a desk, I always hook it up to a desktop monitor.
The internal USB on the TouchBook is a great idea. I have to wonder, though, what happens if I plug in 500mW to 1W worth of radiator in the form of an EVDO card.
The way it is, the article is a series of complaints of a Visual Studio user who, appearently, can't rearange the windows in its own environment. Not everyone uses Visual Studio and most of those who use should be able to set up their environment comfortably.
I am fine with a widescreen laptop: I just use the rest of the screen for things other than source-code. For me, any landscape screen is less than perfect. I would much rather use a portrait monitor, but a laptop with a portrait display is less than practical.
I never used a square screen... Anyone willing to sell an NCD-16 1024x1024 X terminal?