Comment Re:No point in this. Get a laptop! (Score 1) 310
Correction.
I'm assuming the original poster was referring to Canadian dollars, which is abbreviated CAD not CDN or even CND. In any case, I don't think the Fit PC was meant as a laptop replacement or a replacement for a power hungry PC. It's designed to fit a particular market niche.
It seems like when any new market niche comes along, similar to OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), people bash the price point for which it is offered and unfairly compare it to a budget laptop currently available on the market. Similar to the design requirements of the OLPC (affordable AND durable!), the Fit PC was designed with specific goals in mind (size AND power consumption; NOT necessarily portability). Just because you can buy an equally green laptop for the same or cheaper price doesn't mean it will work in an environment which requires specific requirements. Think before you immediately poo-poo on an idea that doesn't fit your personal particular goals/budget.
I'm assuming the original poster was referring to Canadian dollars, which is abbreviated CAD not CDN or even CND. In any case, I don't think the Fit PC was meant as a laptop replacement or a replacement for a power hungry PC. It's designed to fit a particular market niche.
It seems like when any new market niche comes along, similar to OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), people bash the price point for which it is offered and unfairly compare it to a budget laptop currently available on the market. Similar to the design requirements of the OLPC (affordable AND durable!), the Fit PC was designed with specific goals in mind (size AND power consumption; NOT necessarily portability). Just because you can buy an equally green laptop for the same or cheaper price doesn't mean it will work in an environment which requires specific requirements. Think before you immediately poo-poo on an idea that doesn't fit your personal particular goals/budget.
