You seem to have some expertise in this space, is an e-ink laptop even possible? Possible?
My assumption is someone like Amazon would have done this already.
Still, general purpose computing is indeed questionable. But why wouldn't it be possible to manufacture and sell such a device at < $1000? 13.3'' displays are at $370 [1], and the remaining specs are inexpensive [2] (given there is no ssd included). Solely depends on ones profit margin, it seems.
By the way, I appreciate your steady fight against malicious patent usage claims of e-ink corp by many users on HN. No idea if you are right, but it is admirable that you rightfully keep insisting on proof as there seems to be none.
[1] https://www.waveshare.com/product/displays/e-paper/13.3inch-... [2] https://github.com/Modos-Labs/Lancer
Perhaps I'm overdramatizing.
> But why wouldn't it be possible to manufacture and sell such a device at < $1000? 13.3'' displays are at $370 [1], and the remaining specs are inexpensive [2] (given there is no ssd included). Solely depends on ones profit margin, it seems.
Notice what I wrote was different. I wrote "There's negligible chance of you realistic hitting less than 1k for a functional EINK laptop ". "You" being Alex. That's because I saw a Spartan FPGA in there just as a display controller. That alone tells me the claim they'll be able hit 1k for a laptop device is seriously scammy.