On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:44:37AM -0500, Howard Stearns wrote:
I'm thinking not in terms of what it is, but rather how and in what context
it would be used:
* To be used ubiquitously in any context, it needs to not only be small and
have good battery life, but it needs to be cheap and "losable." I think
Alan gives an example of taking it to the beach or a raft in the pool.
(This also implies replicated external storage.)
XO has all these features.
It does, but I think a Dynabook (or what we now are contemplating a
Dynabook to be) would require a bit more processor and storage power
(and a better design of the input methods - be it a QWERY keyboard,
chord and/or touch-screen.) The Geode is a low-power processor, and
that's great and what I think we want to head for. But I think a better
balance could be made with another processor to address the needs of a
broader user base - balancing software needs with power consumption.