** Reply to message from "Robert Donovan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 12 May 2008 15:32:29 -0700
> Thought the XO fans on the list might find this of interest, > particularly vis-a-vis our post Instalfest discussion at Denny's. > > http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53412 the article did a good job at being informative but I found it interesting they mentioned the lack of putting the purchase up for bid and tied that into the Intel Classmate PC. As many of you who have seen and touched the XO, there are no laptops on the market which have the features and capabilities of the XO device. So in cases where things like inside/outside use, water resistence, ruggedized, etc are needed there are no other vendors with product meeting these features or even in the price range of the OLPC XO. And if they think devices for kids do not require these features, they don't know their market. For an example, in a Nigerian Classmate PC pilot, students could not take the laptops home and Intel had to install a diesel generator outside the classroom to provide power for the more power consuming Classmate PCs. ( look at image #7 ): http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7115712.stm Doug -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
