On Jun 10, 2008, at 2:35 PM, LASKE, Lionel (C2S) wrote: > >> You really want that everyone who thinks that 150 euros is not soo >> much and that the XO looks sweet and otherwise has no technical know >> how will need to unscrew the XO and change the keyboard? > > Okay, let's imagine that every buyer of the G1G1 Europe will be a > hacker or a geek. > So don't just spend time to assemble the XO, put all pieces in a > box and let each buyer to "build itself its XO" like a Meccano. > Don't take time to setup a build on it, each buyer will go to the > web site to download the latest build and flash it using an USB key. > Is it really your idea ? > no, but this is my experience with G1G1 in the US. There were *many* dissatisfied buyers.
> Hmmm, my feeling it's very different. When I (finally) received my > G1G1 from US, I was very proud to give it to my seven year's old > son and seen that without help he could really play and learn with it. > but here is the hard question: how long has he been playing around with it (as a kid from a developed country where his papa obviously has the "big toys") ? > OLPC means One Laptop Per CHILD or One Laptop Per COMPUTER-GEEK ? > but take a look at who bought the XOs in the US :)) reality is of course probably somewhere in between these two positions. > See you soon at Hacker Space Festival in Paris ;-) > yeah! :)) a+, a. _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
