Taran, I ask you this publicly rather than privately, since others on this DDN list may have the same question.
How man US dollars does a "high end" Amida Simputer cost? And how does it compare in power and utility with an entry level Dell Computer that costs 298 US dollars, and is described in this way: Base Model Includes: IntelTM CeleronTM processor at 2.40GHz Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition 256MB Single-channel Shared6 DDR SDRAM at 400MHz 17" (16.0"vis) Monitor 40GB5 Ultra/ATA 100 Hard Drive Integrated IntelTM Extreme 3D Graphics 90-Day Limited Warranty3 and At-Home Service4 Steve Eskow [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Taran Rampersad Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:31 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: [DDN] Update on the Simputer I've made contact with Amida Simputer - I will be purchasing a high end Simputer at the beginning of June, and having it sent to me in Panama. This is an out of pocket expense for me, but I'm putting my money where my mouth is (now that I have the money coming in) and will be taking it with me to Guyana for two months. For those of you who contacted me offlist regarding getting one for review, it seems that the best way to do that is to spend a few hundred dollars and do it. Since the people who did contact me were working with institutions, I think this is a plausible scenario. I'll also be getting some more information from Amida Simputer which I shall share with the list once I get it. While I have the best wishes for MIT's $100 laptop - and serious misgivings - I'm more interested in what is tangible, here, and can use the support. When I am in Guyana, I shall be volunteering my technical skills at a local hospital, an orphanage and a vocational school. This is dealing with websites, PCs (and getting them running), and some other things. I'm certain I shall have some interesting things to share, and I'll start blogging about that in late June/early July. Since I'll be cat-sitting in Panama in between, I expect to get a lot of other things done related to cyber-stuff - including some follow up on mobcasting with Andy, and a few other things. Caffeine and a 1 megabit connection will be a wonderful thing in Panama. :-) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Jose, Costa Rica [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.easylum.net http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
