[Klug-general] Is the worm slowly turning?

[Andy Smith]

Hi Colin,

On Fri, Jun 06, 2008 at 10:40:02PM +0100, Colin McCarthy wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Martin A. Brooks <martin at antibodymx.net> wrote:
> > Karl Lattimer wrote:
> >>
> >> However, I'd say this, for highly customised OS's on specialist hardware
> >> like eeepc its just right.
> >
> > The EEE isn't specialist hardware, it's very generic x86 kit.
> 
> I would agree with Karl L. I think it is specialist hardware.

I think this is a very hard point to defend considering all the
standard components that are present.

> A 7 inch screen and a SSD is not really generic when you look at
> all the other trillions of 14inch notebooks with 120Gb drives on
> the market.

This is not a technical point you're making, you're just saying it
looks different.  The screen is a standard graphics controller and
the SSD has a SATA interface.  It's run of the mill.  SSD itself is
a very mature technology now; it's hard to say that it's specialist
when the wear levelling is happening in the controller and the OS
just uses SATA exactly the same as with any other disk.

The eee pc is not particularly revolutionary in terms of
architecture, only in construction.  It isn't even a non-i386
platform.  It doesn't really require anything in the way of OS
customisation except for preference stuff, which was the point being
made.

Cheers,
Andy

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