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And yeah, batteries will not be included in the kit (unless excessive demand). The more batteries you have, the higher the chances of failures and heat dissipation.
If one of them breaks down just replace it. That's the great thing about having a lot of them. Also, heat dissipation is heat over surface area (roughly). A smaller battery (e.g. PP3) means
crappy heat dissipation, while larger battery (i.e. an entire set of 6 AA cells) means
better heat dissipation since the surface area is larger.
PP3 are almost
seven times more expensive per Wh. Don't just take my word for it, compare yourself:
Recyko AA 4-pack, 1.2V, 2050mAh, 8 USD
Recyko PP3 3-pack, 9V, 155mAh, 22 USD
In fact, they're more expensive than Li-Ion rechargeable cells per Wh. (Strangely enough, I've found plenty of Li-Ion rechargeable 18650 cells that are cheaper than NiMH AA cells per Wh; quite odd. I just read somewhere that there are a lot of fakes on ebay so that might be the cause. Confirmed genuine Li-Ion cells seem to cost (per Wh) about the same as high-quality NiMH AA.)
I simply cannot stress enough how much PP3 is a terrible choice here.
To secure the cable in place, so that resistive insulator can hang the LCD from the keyboard mid air, even wobble it.
Wait, I don't think you understood my diagram. At no point is the LCD piece supposed to be "hanging" from the keyboard. In fact, I think a certain design could even prevent you from unhinging the LCD from the main part (keyboard) without unplugging the cable.
That is in case some break the latches that hold the monitor in place, while you are on the bus. (...) Who wants to hear an LCD fall?
Damn I should have added more detail to those diagrams. I have a design idea that makes it practically impossible for the hinge latch system to fail (assuming the steel rods don't break, which really shouldn't be happening in the first place). It's really hard to explain without a drawing. I'll make a drawing later.
ExpressCard or CompactFlash slots for mechanical hard disk. No need to SATA. *Shiiiiii tack Siiic Siic Siic Shhhhhhhuu* Unless you want them just to use one of the USB Host to get their own HDD.
Okay just don't spent too much effort/money on this.
I thought wifi & bluetooth was going to be in the pc, with 802.11 a/b/g/n, maybe even GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA (LTE), but defiantly 802.16e-2005
Be careful with the blobby firmwares for the wifi, we want the gnutards to participate in the buy so it lowers the price. Also, in my opinion, it's better to just let the user add their own wifi/GSM/GPS/etc dongles since different people might have different needs (for instance I don't care about GSM or GPS but I want a wifi dongle with monitor mode and injection). I really wouldn't worry about USB being the speed limiting factor for any of those (if you want to transfer files real fast, just use the damned ethernet).
express card
Holy shit too complicated.