[haiku] Re: Haiku Netbook

  • From: Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 09:06:32 -0700

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 3:53 AM, Alexandru Stoian <lxstoian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Reading the haikuware article about a Haiku compatible laptop made me think
> why not a Haiku netbook similar to what iMica (intel atom nettop) is for
> AROS.
> These days there are many Chinese factories producing unbranded Intel atom
> or the Via c7-m processor. They come with 8.9 , 10 and 12 inch screens.
> One of these devices can be branded as a Haiku netbook.
> From what I see wifi will be hopefully coming around Christmas these devices
> could be sold around that time to raise funds for Haiku. Maybe considered a
> special edition device marking the arrival of alpha 2 and wifi.
> This is an example of one of these netbooks and the factory that makes them.

Send me one, I'll test it out for ya ;)

FWIW, Haiku runs beautifully on my Acer Aspire One AOA150 now - even
the experimental wifi works well (although disabling security on my
router is... fun).

- Urias

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