$98 Linux laptop

Posted By: Shining Arcanine | Sep 5th, 2008 @ 10:07 PM
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#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 10:07 PM
Shining Arcanine
Shining Arcanine
http://techvideoblog.com/ifa/98-linux-laptop-the-hivision-mininote

I think they should have called it the Linux 98. The name would certainly be very descriptive.
#Sep 5th, 2008 @ 10:29 PM
Bass
Bass
www.s​preadfirefox.c​om/5years/
Where do you buy this thing?
#Sep 6th, 2008 @ 1:29 AM
turrican
turrican
Condemnation without investigation is the height of ignorance! - Albert Einstein
Seems nice! I would slap an XPlite on this thing and use it a thin client. whooh.
#Sep 6th, 2008 @ 1:41 AM
Bass
Bass
www.s​preadfirefox.c​om/5years/
Yeah, Good luck with that. (Windows XP doesn't run on MIPS processors)
#Sep 6th, 2008 @ 1:46 AM
kettch
kettch
NT 4.0 and current versions of CE run on MIPS.
#Sep 6th, 2008 @ 1:59 AM
Bass
Bass
www.s​preadfirefox.c​om/5years/
fix'd Smiley
#Sep 6th, 2008 @ 2:36 AM
Shining Arcanine
Shining Arcanine
If he is really geeky, he could create a binary translator that he would then apply to all of Windows executable and library files (including those in .cab files) to get a MIPS version of Windows from the standard IA-32 version of Windows.

Patching it would be a pain. Installing software would be equally painful. Drivers would also be an issue, but I suppose he could always write his own using the linux drivers as a guide.

I imagine a job offer from Microsoft would soon follow if he went ahead with this and posted about it on the internet.
#Sep 6th, 2008 @ 1:56 PM
corona_coder
corona_coder
Only Proprietary software vendors deal in absolutes.
I may buy one and slap gNewSense on it.
#Sep 6th, 2008 @ 2:19 PM
Dodo
Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)
That binary translator is an idea Big Smile 
but I don't have the IA32 version of Windows and I'm sure an old P3 notebook for 50 bucks from eBay is faster (and doesn't need this conversion)
#Sep 11th, 2008 @ 7:33 AM
Shining Arcanine
Shining Arcanine
That is true, but it is much less geeky than the binary translator approach.
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