Well I need one of these, and I bet we could sell tons of them, here are the specs:
"The Starbucks Laptop" (patent pending)
A lightweight, no-frills, inexpensive laptop, perfect for browsing, emailing, and
word processing.
- 2 pounds
- small footprint, maybe 10"x8" or even 9"x7" (the keyboard has to be decent to use)
- 800 x 600 resolution
- 10 or 20 gig hard drive
- 800mhz to 1ghz processor
- 256 megs o' RAM
- 1 USB port
- 1 PCMCIA type slot ???
- maybe a firewire port ???
- built-in wireless
Cost: $500
You want more ports? Buy a USB hub...
You want CDs? Buy an external drive...
You want more frills? Buy a more expensive machine...
Anybody else want one of these? Anyone think the specs should be tweaked?
It seems to me this is a serious empty niche somewhere between pocket pcs / pdas, and subnotebooks...