If they can put together a $300 VIA-based 12" similarly speced as the gOS desktop, it might be a great option for middle/high-school students, older folks, non-professional parents, or anyone who's portable computer isn't their main work computer. It would be perfect for my wife who uses her laptop for working on her masters (word, very rarely excel) and the web (yahoo mail, facebook, myspace, shopping).
What would really sell me is if the OS booted from a small (1 or 2gb) flash drive for speed but still had storage in the 40+ gb range from a standard 2.5" hard drive. A bluetooth connection for tethering to a mobile phone's connection would put one of these in my bag, but that's probably a feature for a completely different target customer.
The one thing they'll need to get past is alot of the web-aps being useless when away from an internet connection. A desktop can be much more dependent There will need to be more local programs and perhaps mirrored local/online storage. If they stick with the web-aps model they'll need a launcher that launches the web-aps in their own window instead of a browser window to increase the transparency.
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If they can put together a $300 VIA-based 12" similarly speced as the gOS desktop, it might be a great option for middle/high-school students, older folks, non-professional parents, or anyone who's portable computer isn't their main work computer. It would be perfect for my wife who uses her laptop for working on her masters (word, very rarely excel) and the web (yahoo mail, facebook, myspace, shopping).
What would really sell me is if the OS booted from a small (1 or 2gb) flash drive for speed but still had storage in the 40+ gb range from a standard 2.5" hard drive. A bluetooth connection for tethering to a mobile phone's connection would put one of these in my bag, but that's probably a feature for a completely different target customer.
The one thing they'll need to get past is alot of the web-aps being useless when away from an internet connection. A desktop can be much more dependent There will need to be more local programs and perhaps mirrored local/online storage. If they stick with the web-aps model they'll need a launcher that launches the web-aps in their own window instead of a browser window to increase the transparency.