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I mentioned the new Apple Powerbook below. That is my dream machine. Really beautiful, I think. Some of the design team from that project left Apple and started a company, oqo, that has released a very small full powered computer. Their flash heavy (why? oh why?) web site is here.
These stats are from the internetweek article:
Smaller than your average paperback book, the standalone device measures 4 inches by 2.9 inches and weighs less than 0.9 ounces. It sports a 4-inch, super-bright VGA color LCD; Synaptics touchscreen; 256-Mbyte onboard RAM; 10-Gbyte+ hard drive; 13914 FireWire; USB; audio; OQO-link connectors; and 802.11b Bluetooth wireless networking.
The "ultra-personal computer," as its makers now call it, is still in development, but is expected to be commercially available from consumer electronics resellers later this year, said Jory Bell, OQO president and CEO.
Here's the news.com article with a tiny picture. I'll try to find some better shots. It really is amazing looking. It runs Windows XP, so I'm not interested in that, but I'm sure it will run linux before too long (if it doesn't already.) This is a good indication of the kind of miniturization that is coming to the market.