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Aren't you leaving out partial refreshes here? Several e-ink tablets have achieved near-instant feedback for writing and typing. Full refresh times don't matter

Aren't you leaving out partial refreshes here? Several e-ink tablets have achieved near-instant feedback for writing and typing. Full refresh times don't matter near as much for text processing, so I think you are overdramatizing. Still, general purpose computing is indeed questionable. But why wouldn't it be possible to manufacture and sell such a device at < $1000? 13.3'' displays are at $370 [1], and the remaining specs are inexpensive [2] (given there is no ssd included). Solely depends on ones profit margin, it seems. By the way, I appreciate your steady fight against malicious patent usage claims of e-ink corp by many users on HN. No idea if you are right, but it is admirable that you rightfully keep insisting on proof as there seems to be none. [1] https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper/13.3inch-e-Paper.htm https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper/13.3inch-... [2] https://github.com/Modos-Labs/Lancer https://github.com/Modos-Labs/Lancer

robinsoh 5y ago
The term partial refreshes leaves much to be desired. I'd call it unclean refreshes. Perhaps I'm overdramatizing. > But why wouldn't it be possible to manufacture and sell such a device at < $1000? 13.3'' displays are at $370 [1], and the remaining specs are inexpensive [2] (given there is no ssd included). Solely depends on ones profit margin, it seems. Notice what I wrote was different. I wrote "There's negligible chance of you realistic hitting less than 1k for a functional EINK laptop ". "You" being Alex. That's because I saw a Spartan FPGA in there just as a display controller. That alone tells me the claim they'll be able hit 1k for a laptop device is seriously scammy.