[Trac #836] Gen 1.5 wishlist

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#836: Gen 1.5 wishlist
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 Reporter:  mlj          |        Owner:  mlj     
     Type:  enhancement  |       Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |    Milestone:  Gen1-5  
Component:  distro       |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  Gen1.5       |  
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Comment (by mlj):

 From Alan Kay:
 1. Have you thought about whether the brick is a still a good idea? A
 large part of the original motivation was because of the complexity of a
 hinge and what kinds of wires with what kind of drive could be run through
 it. Original plan was not to have a hinge and to only run keyboard and
 sensor wires. Now we have a hinge and perhaps the drive problems for
 display wires are not so acute.

 2. Or ... With a nice touch display, we could take the e-reader config
 that is the size of the display in 2D and as thin as possible in the other
 D as the main configuration. This would argue against the current bulky
 handle, and this would also want a clam-shell scheme that allocates more
 weight to the keyboard part than the display (so that it stays open
 without tipping).

 3. Or ... this might argue for a scheme more like the "superPDAs" I showed
 where the keyboard is very thin and simply slides into the brick.

 I realize that this revisits many previous designs, but this is sometimes
 a good idea.

 Right now -- using the current machine as a reference -- the biggies for
 me are the better pitched 5/8"keys, a way to take pictures out and see
 what you are shooting on the display, and especially a touch screen
 display.

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