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CrunchGear Wants You To Help Build a Web Tablet

Chris Moody — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:51:37 -0500

The guys at CruchGear want to design a web tablet that would cost $200 and they want your help to do it. I’ve always liked the idea of a tablet for doing little things like surfing from the sofa. With netbooks catching on, can a net-tablet be far behind?

They pitch this basic idea; make it as thin as possible, run low end hardware, headphone jack, a built in camera for video, low end speakers, microphone, wifi, USB port, a built in battery, 512 RAM, and a 4Gb solid state hard drive. No keyboard, input is via a touch screen. It will run on some flavor of Linux or BSD.

The extra twist is they want to build a few and then open source the specs so anyone can create and improve on them. I like the idea! You can read about the mock up here, and the article that started it here.

I see it as handy item for browsing the web and reading email, but with it's only interface is a touch screen, don't expect to write a book the size of War and Peace on it.

PC Building Guide FAQ: Part 2

One4yu2c — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:13:17 -0500

Part 1 of Paul Lilly's PC Building Guide FAQ focused on common pre-build questions, and today's followup attacks post build issues.

Benchmark Bonanza!

Paul Lilly — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 15:59:21 -0500

You did your research, spec'd our your parts, placed the order and assembled your rig, and now what? Benchmark it, of course!

PC Building Guide FAQ: Part 1

Paul Lilly — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:46:41 -0500

Having first time builder's angst and considering a Dell instead? Dude, don't do it! Paul Lilly answers some common questions to get you started on the path towards DIY Utopia!