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Appreciate the input. Do we have any idea the price range of the Optima yet?
The company has done multiple interviews with the Double Tap podcast, and they've been pretty cagy about that. Makes me going to believe it'll be hire than I would like. It's based on the framework laptop, and if you look at the cost of the Frameworks themselves (even as a non-AT product without a Braille display), they're quite on the high end. My guess would be take the price of the framework laptop you'd want, and add the price of the Orbit Reader 20 to that, and you'd be in about the range. So probably something like 2 grand US for the starter model, with more if you want upgrades in memory/CPU/hard disc.
Honestly, I'd be super impressed with a $2000 price point, especially when you consider the only all-in-one "alternative" is $4000 or more notetakers that have less processing power and capabilities than my phone.
I suspect that'll be the starter model, though. The stats on the cheapest framework just aren't that impressive. If you want more CPU cores, enough disc space to actually get things done, or a useful amount of RAM (I think the starter framework is only 8 gig but can't recall), the price goes up quickly. Yes, it makes me sad that 8 gigs isn't enough memory to browse the web or run the dozens and dozens of bloated apps I need to run daily.