Thank you very much for this detailed alternative. Echoing other commenters, I chose the Adafruit Qualia kit (not even buying the screen and driver board discre

Thank you very much for this detailed alternative. Echoing other commenters, I chose the Adafruit Qualia kit (not even buying the screen and driver board discrete and separate from Adafruit) as an exercise in known, commercially available components. Subsequent iterations will definitely minimize the convenience margin, so long as the resulting custom product does not suffer in functionality. The Alibaba link is live and excellent; I was for a while considering a 14" Carbon X1 screen (2560 x 1440) [0], but the 4:3 aspect ratio of the iPad Mini ultimately won out. Your Japanese connection is a good resource to have (and quite gloriously culturally shameless [1]). [0] http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-14-LP140QH1-SP-A2-with-touch-for-Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-LP140QH1-SPA2-LCD-Display/32669866800.html?ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_0,searchweb201602_5_10017_507_401_10040,searchweb201603_9&btsid=2e9f3eb4-7b99-42ed-82ca-44a1e12b9c36 http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-14-LP140QH1-SP-A2-with-to... [1] http://abusemark.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=40 http://abusemark.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&...