It comes around but once every four years so members of the OQO Talk forum have declared February 29th to be OQO Appreciation Day.
I'm happy to join in, as I'm a OQO convert, my model 01+ has been far and away the most impressive computing equipment I've ever owned and coming at the end of two decades of portable computing (I was doing laptops when DOS 3.3 was the OS of choice).
Why is it so good? Well I can say without question that if you want a PC that fits into a jeans pocket you have no other choice. But to build something with such a single-minded purpose involves compromises, in this case that means an non-leading edge processor, low screen resolution and a small hard drive. Otherwise you're getting the full XP experience. The industrial design is magnificent, the battery life better than larger laptops and the Wacom active screen superb for writing on.
OQO's newer machine, e2, adds even more features, although at the cost of a larger overall size. The option f…
I'm happy to join in, as I'm a OQO convert, my model 01+ has been far and away the most impressive computing equipment I've ever owned and coming at the end of two decades of portable computing (I was doing laptops when DOS 3.3 was the OS of choice).
Why is it so good? Well I can say without question that if you want a PC that fits into a jeans pocket you have no other choice. But to build something with such a single-minded purpose involves compromises, in this case that means an non-leading edge processor, low screen resolution and a small hard drive. Otherwise you're getting the full XP experience. The industrial design is magnificent, the battery life better than larger laptops and the Wacom active screen superb for writing on.
OQO's newer machine, e2, adds even more features, although at the cost of a larger overall size. The option f…