Magda, Have you used OLPC? It does not have the speed I would like, but it has XP and MS Office and several Linux based applications. Does that sound like something not good for you and me? How many adults played with Nintendo? Who was it made for?
Better to take a good look at what you are trying to evaluate. At least the doubts I see in your communication may be addressed. How about this.. I have been using a PC since 1984, have used Macs, bought a dozen PCs and laptops in teh intervening years and even now I prefer to use Sony Vaio T 250.. until I saw the $200 XO.. At a fraction of the price of T250 I get a dozen more convenient features and I just wish it had 1 GB ram instead of 256 and I will use a laptop that looks good for kids any day.. Its as much of a PC as any PC is.. At $200 its a steal, feature by feature and more.. but for the speed.. But once they bring in 4GB flash memory in the next few months, it will be as good as any. Dell has just announced its halfway to XO today.. On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Magda Pischetola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thank you all the members of the list for your kind answers! > I will try here to discuss some of the topics that have been raised: > > Tim: the OLPC is said to be a quality tool for children of the developing > world but what you pointed out is very true: people living in rural > developing areas are going to appreciate any kind of technology that could > be presented to them, as they do not have any alternative. So, the point is: > why not offering them the technology that we all use everyday (a standard > laptop) instead of a tool created to be a "laptop for the third world". > > I am not sure that I agree with Satish when says that the OLPC is more > advanced than a normal laptop, as it is thought as a game for children who > aren't failiar with technology. It was proved by a recent research held from > IBM that PCs and laptops introduced in primary schools as "games" where > making children ask why they do not have "normal" PCs and laptops, as the > ones that they saw in other contexts. That is to say: are we sure that it is > right to create a "game" of the first laptop that those children are going > to use, just because they have never seen a laptop before? What's the > difference between the OLPC and the laptop that Taran suggested or the Asus > EEE, which have now the same price than the OLPC one but are "serious" > laptops? > > Thank you all for suggestions, > Magda > > --- Ven 5/9/08, Satish Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > Da: Satish Jha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Oggetto: Re: [DDN] PhD research on OLPC > A: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" < > digitaldivide@digitaldivide.net> > Data: Venerdì 5 settembre 2008, 21:39 > > > -- > Satish Jha > President & CEO > OLPC India > One Cambridge Center > Cambridge, MA 02142 > T: 301 841 7422 > F:301560 4909 > www.laptop.org > __________________ > http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=tab_pro > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satish_Jha > _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
