Re: Linux Beer Hike

["Robert Speed" <nospam [at] Viclabs.co.uk>]

On 10 Apr 00, at 0:26, Mark Broadbent wrote:

> 
> The Yopy is more powerful than a lot of people desktop/mobile PCs! Better battery life Psion IIRC gives 8hrs and the Yopy gives 6hrs, not a lot of difference.
> Finally the Yopy is upgradable by the user by reflashing the ROM, so as the OS is improved you can keep your machine at the cutting edge.  The Psion - not a chance, you'd have to wait for the Psion 9 or so.

Not entirely true - there is a version of the S7 called the Netbook, 
this has 32 (upg > 64MB) of memory and the OS is loaded from a 
flashcard into RAM.

Hence the RON (RiscOS On Netbook) project.


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