Why *I* want one of these $100 Laptops...
Well, enough people have posted about the political ramifications and what the project is about. Now I'd like to say why *I* want one. 1. It's cheap. Even at $300. 2. 400MHz/128MB/512MB is plenty for what I need a laptop to do. 3. It's got WiFi built in with mesh capabilities - Under Linux. No more struggling with Intel's crappy Linux support for their WiFi chipsets. 4. Hand Crank. Why do I like this? Because I do a lot of camping and I'm often in places where I can't plug in. This is *THE* selling point to me. It means I can go out in the mountains for *weeks* and still have a working laptop to work on. Without praying for sunny days so a solar charger works or buying a recharging backpack thingie. It's all in there. 5. Sunlight Readable display. - yet configurable for massive power savings with monochrome. 6. EBook mode. - Not only the physical config but the low power mode of it. 7. Spill resistant keyboard - How hard is it for laptop manufacturers to make their systems a bit better resistant to people knocking soda cans or coffee cups over on to a laptop? 8. No rotating media - Makes this thing impact resistant. 9. Seals for better water and dust resistance when closed. 10. USB External storage available - (Doesn't matter which laptop you are using, your files are on the usb dongle.) Just being a bit selfish here, but these are things hardware manufacturers might want to think about. Brian ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Why *I* want one of these $100 Laptops...
On 5/30/06, Brian Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just being a bit selfish here ... Not even that, necessarily. If a whole bunch of people buy these $100 laptops for $200 in the US, it would help fund the operation for those who truly cannot afford it. DISCLAIMER: This is not a vote in favor of the operation. DISCLAIMER: The preceding disclaimer is not a vote against the operation. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Why *I* want one of these $100 Laptops...
On Tuesday 30 May 2006 2:38 pm, Ben Scott wrote: On 5/30/06, Brian Chabot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just being a bit selfish here ... Not even that, necessarily. If a whole bunch of people buy these $100 laptops for $200 in the US, it would help fund the operation for those who truly cannot afford it. That is the same rationale the drug companies use on their drugs that are sold overseas and in Canada. -- Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Boston Linux and Unix user group http://www.blu.org PGP key id:C5061EA9 PGP Key fingerprint:053C 73EC 3AC1 5C44 3E14 9245 FB00 3ED5 C506 1EA9 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Why *I* want one of these $100 Laptops...
On 5/30/06, Jerry Feldman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 30 May 2006 2:38 pm, Ben Scott wrote: If a whole bunch of people buy these $100 laptops for $200 in the US, it would help fund the operation for those who truly cannot afford it. That is the same rationale the drug companies use on their drugs that are sold overseas and in Canada. It's also the rationale used for many other things. So what? DISCLAIMER: Now I'm just stirring the pot. ;-) -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Why *I* want one of these $100 Laptops...
On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 02:59:38PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: On Tuesday 30 May 2006 2:38 pm, Ben Scott wrote: Not even that, necessarily. If a whole bunch of people buy these $100 laptops for $200 in the US, it would help fund the operation for those who truly cannot afford it. That is the same rationale the drug companies use on their drugs that are sold overseas and in Canada. Ouch! -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. Speech Recognition Technology was used to create this e-mail ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
