On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Alex mr.nuke.me@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/04/2013 07:28 PM, ron minnich wrote:
well, there's no chromebook I can think of that will meet your needs.
Then the problem is not that people don't care. Any plans for a quad-core chromebook in the near future?
Actually, thinking about this, now I disagree with you. People do care. But they don't care enough to make it the highest priority.
Your priorities are something like this: backlit keyboard Al. case upgradable ram upgradeable 2.5" storage ... other stuff coreboot
No currently sold coreboot laptop can meet all those requirements. You can get upgradeable (acer c710) but not alum. case. You can get alum. case but not upgradeable. In any event, however, coreboot is far down on your list.
If your list read as coreboot etc. etc.
Then it would be clear: that kind of openness is a high enough priority that you'll give up other wants for it. But, clearly, it's not. Other things come first.
You are not alone; but, that said, it's the problem we've been fighting all along. People don't care enough about coreboot to put it first.They have other wants, and they'll accept closed, locked-down systems to get those wants.
ron