dear apple - make one of these, please

doctorj wrote: Someone will figure out the drivers and there'll be a distro for it in no time, if there isn't already. My only problem with all such devices is that while my typing skills have improved, my fingers are no longer the size they were when I was 3 years old.

Edit: As I thought,
http://www.handtops.com/forum/752/0//OQO_Linux_Installation__amp_Configurati.html

And there's no reason why you couldn't hack freebsd and macosx onto it these days.

true. I should comb ebay and see if I can get my hands on an older model and crack it. actually, what I should do is talk to the partner at my firm who is an investor and see if he can hook me up.

Subject: Re: dear apple - make one of these, please

MichaelKeys wrote: [quote=alafairnadia]these things are so badass. too bad they're window's based.

Don't the above statements contradict each other?

well ... they're badass except for windows? they'd be the awesomest thing evar except that they're windows based? how does one say "omfg I really want a palmtop computer that isn't windows based and I would pay apple $1500 for one tomorrow if they'd just hurry up and get with the m'fuckin' game plan" without actually saying it?