Quote from: Mine on January 27, 2015, 06:12:29 PM
Modular was decided to be able to cover as many different options that people ask for. Some want high performance, long battery life, rugged keyboard and a 12" width. Others want the same with a 15" or 17"display, and others only want a multicore ARM SOC and a durable case with rugged keyboard.
Having the mainboard, batteries, display and keyboards as modules allows the end user to mix and match the features they want now. This also allows them to upgrade or replace these features in the future.
We have to observe the limitation of the computer arhitectures which currently surround us.. I think making a too modular design wouldnt be good..
Simply said i think we should design something which will incorporate the best of today (either x86 or the arm)
What can be made easy to replace: battery, screen, hard disk, ram, cpu?