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Why would anyone buy that computer? It's too expensive for enthusiasts and too weak for doing real work on it. Not to mention its look and bulkiness.
by klkvsk 12y ago
Why would anyone buy that computer? It's too expensive for enthusiasts and too weak for doing real work on it. Not to mention its look and bulkiness.
- kolev 12y agoExactly what I thought as well.
- InclinedPlane 12y agoI found a page where someone made a case on why it might make sense to fund the project and buy novena system. Here it is: http://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop http://www.crowdsupply.com/kosagi/novena-open-laptop
- theon144 12y agoIt's... "closely coupled with a Xilinx FPGA. It's designed for users who care about Free Software and open source, and/or want to modify and extend their hardware: all the documentation for the PCBs is open and free to download, the entire OS is buildable from source, and it comes with a variety of features that facilitate rapid prototyping." More than enough reasons for me. I'd buy one in a heartbeat, if I weren't broke right now.
- onnoonno 12y agoBy pure chance I just spoke to the guys who made it at Maker Faire. Very cool project. They told me they have the full system running with zero binary-only blobs. I think that alone can be quite a selling point nowadays...