HP 48GX Collector’s Edition (merged) - please don't start two threads

[johnb]

As I've said elsewhere, if Moravia or SwissMicros were to release a Collector's Edition of any of the 48 series, it would likely take entirely new tooling of the enclosure and the mechanicals... at which point they (and we) would all be better served by a Collector's Edition 50gII.

To appeal to the greatest number of people, it would need to have 50g functionality, more memory, a faster processor, and better/more connectivity. Since a lot of people hate the keyboard and/or physical packaging of the 50g, the 50gII would probably look and feel more like a 48-series. It might even have the old-school classic beveled keys-on-hinges. A bonus nicety would be a return to the old HP color scheme.

A manufacturer probably wouldn't want to go much further beyond that (such as various alternate modes of operatoin, etc.) because development costs would be enormous just for what's described here. However, it would probably cost near nothing to make the platform Open Source, so that the adventurous could hack their own custom operating modes or OS.

[Also, like I've said elsewhere, if anyone builds this, sign me up for at least two of them, maybe more... one daily driver, one backup, one to keep NIB to sell when someone else's daily driver finally quits...]