Don't know about everyone else, but I think I'll wait for the $99 laptop. John T. Thompson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Coordinator Educational Computing Program Computer Information Systems Dept. Chase 208, Buffalo State College 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222 (716) 878-3531 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.buffalostate.edu/depts/edcomputing/ "It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." ~ Charles Darwin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jacqueline Morris Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 8:57 PM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: Re: [DDN] Creating the $100 Laptop
This one I agree with. This year I've logged nearly 50,000 miles going to meetings. I've travelled with desktop replacemnt lts, multimedia lts - the one I LOVE is the 10" tablet. Cause it's light, under 3 lbs. After a trip from Trinidad to Johannesburg, that extra 2-4 lbs causes quite a few days shoulder strain in this 40+ body. No CDrw, no DVD etc. But I give up that quite easily for the weight. Similarly - my iPod is now too heavy to carry every day - I want a Nano! Jacqueline On 10/2/05, Taran Rampersad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alfred Bork wrote: > > >It is, I believe, dubious that everyone will be using palmtop computing. The > >small screen makes it undesirable for many applications. > > > >Until there is reliable evidence, gathered through careful experimentation, > >I doubt that excellent learning, for example, can take place on small > >screens. But I do not think that hardware in any form will, alone, solve our > >major worldwide problems. > > > > > There's a new generation coming up that will be comfortable for with > those screens. And the careful experimentation when it comes to such > technology is... watch what sells. > > As Andy pointed out, using a cell phone for online activities can be a > monotonous task. But that's with present technologies that we are used > to... like QWERTY keyboards. And QWERTY keyboards were actually designed > to slow down typists, lest we forget. In the days of the typewriter, > metal keys stuck together if you typed too fast. We like big monitors. > But, consider a roll up monitor (it's coming). A roll up keyboard, even > QWERTY available for we dinosaurs. > > If you wish to sit down and wait for empirical evidence, more power to > you. Myself? I'll use what's easiest to move with. 7.5 lbs for a laptop > is rather irksome, as it is, if you have to travel (and imagine - they > weighed my carry-on baggage on the way to Guyana, and got upset when it > was over 17 pounds!). > > Bottom line - studies can only be done with something that exists. I > look forward to the results of your empirical studies, but I'm more > interested in what works for me. :-) > > > > -- > Taran Rampersad > Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.knowprose.com > http://www.easylum.net > http://www.digitaldivide.net/profile/Taran > > Coming on January 1st, 2006: http://www.OpenDepth.com > > "Criticize by creating." - Michelangelo > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org > 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. > -- Jacqueline Morris www.carnivalondenet.com T&T Music and videos online _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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 DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org 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.
