by
our
imagination (and willingness to maybe cough up a relatively few
dollars).
Randall
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From: Rev. Stewart Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] One laptop per child: give one
Just focused on this thread. Are you saying these laptops wouldn't be so
good, nor much of a deal, for someone here, say who otherwise couldn't
afford a computer?
Microsoft is leading the charge against them because they do not run
Windows. MS is twisting arms to get them to drop their use of
The design is still being developed. Features being considered: wind-up
and solar power, wifi, flash memory instead of hard drive, adjustable
integrated antennae; sturdy, light, portable, attractive, child-friendly
design.
I think this came from an old source. It has all of those features,
On 9/24/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The New York Times article describes a program in which you can pay for
one computer for a child, and get one shipped to you by Christmas. I
think it's cool, and I might get one. I'm posting this in case somebody
here wants one, too. The
I don't understand your point, Tom.
Are you saying they should market these to individuals? Maybe you are
right. But that goes against the philosophy of this program.
They are selling them to individuals starting November 12. The deal is
that they have doubled the price. They claim that for
I saw an IBM x31 laptop on ebay today for $135. What does this one do over
that? Also, WalMart has desktops complete for that kinda money on sale.
Further, how will it get power? If it has a wind-up or a treadmill for a
rat, it might work. Maybe sun power or a windmill?? This sounds like a
to bring
them to school and take them home.
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Nicholas Negroponte, head of the MIT Media Lab started the OLPC project
Wired Magazine had a couple of stories about this in 2005 when the
project was fairly new,
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2005/11/69615, photo,
