>From responses to my wearable advocacy post I was hoping someone could give me a clearer picture on what are the big obstacles that incline a portable maker not to pursue a design that complements a wearable implementation. To a novice like me the hurdles would seem small. Instead of designing the motherboard layout to be thin and wide taking up the length of the portable's innards it would be fat and compact taking up a drive bay space. Instead of spreading the ram slots, graphics board, keyboard and other connections around they would be concentrated in the drive bay area. Slide the wearable in and it connects to the screen, keyboard, hd, etc. As I mentioned before this design also allows for true upgradability. With portables reaching their form factor limits this might be an attractive option to buyers. -- Bill Nordstrom University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas ( www.swmed.edu ) 5323 Harry Hines Blvd. Dallas, TX 75235-9039 W:214-648-9227 Fax: 214-648-8694 mailto:-- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" to
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