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Directions in UMPC-landDirections in UMPC-landPosted Feb 21, 2008 3:46 UTC (Thu) by ikm (subscriber, #493)Parent article: Directions in UMPC-land
Dream on :)
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Directions in UMPC-land Posted Feb 21, 2008 4:32 UTC (Thu) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link] On the one hand, my sentiments exactly. On the other hand, I don't think it's too much to expect what Jake has described, given the rate of hardware technology development happening these days. Consider that the earliest "laptop" computers were cumbersome behemoths with 640x480 passive matrix screens, 60 MB hard disks, and 1 MB of RAM (a random example, for sure). Now, envisioning the technology described in the article and having outstanding Linux driver support for it is a lot to ask, but I
Directions in UMPC-land Posted Feb 27, 2008 22:33 UTC (Wed) by roelofs (subscriber, #2599) [Link] Consider that the earliest "laptop" computers were cumbersome behemoths15-20 pounds, yes...just a tad more than a VAIO or OLPC. ;-) with 640x480 passive matrix screens, 640x350 or 640x400, often plasma. The passive-matrix LEDs came later. 60 MB hard disks, 20 MB. and 1 MB of RAM ... 640 KB. Yes, the Toshiba T3100 was all of those things, with its screaming 8 MHz 80286... I actually had a T5100, which was one of the first two or three 386 laptops (the other two being a 12 MHz Grid laptop and a 20 MHz Compaq lunchbox, arguably not a laptop at all, and around 20 pounds, IIRC). The T5100 went up to 4 MB RAM, had a 40 MB hard drive, and was very nice running OS/2 1.3, aside from some weird CMOS issue on every boot. Of course, it required AC power, and at 15 pounds (like its older sibling), it wasn't exactly a joy to lug around. But it sure beat those monstrous Kaypro suitcases. :-) Greg
Directions in UMPC-land Posted Feb 28, 2008 21:01 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] My dad was using a T3100 until last year sometime, when the screen finally packed up. (Its BIOS had a tiny date range, with a year counter something like three bits long, so we had to reset the date on each boot...) (He doesn't like to use new hardware when the old hardware works, shall we say.)
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