Posted 07/22/08 at 02:51:37 PM by Chris Moody

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.

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Posted 08/11/07 at 03:13:17 AM by One4yu2c

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

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Posted 07/21/07 at 03:59:21 PM by Paul Lilly

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

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Posted 07/14/07 at 10:46:41 AM by Paul Lilly

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!

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