Jaya Kumar wrote:
Overall XO
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Peak power consumption: ??
Typical power consumption: ??
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XO_Power_Draw
Feel free to duplicate my experiments and send me your
results/questions/suggestions.
On area that needs looking at again is Sleep mode. The plan in
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Edward Cherlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Eee's are $599 (Windows) and $649 (Linux), in Australian dollars.
The Windows model will be sold through general retailers, and the
Linux model through computer stores.
As of yesterday in NZ, it's $499 Linux, $605 XP
Prices vary considerably. For the older 7 inch model, yesterday I saw
$AUD 395 for Linux plus OpenOffice, $AUD 535 for XP plus 4Gb plus free
mouse. This was at msy.com.au, who have a tendency toward more constant
margin per unit.
(Australia consumer protection circles are also considering
The Windows-based EEE PC is going to be cheaper than the Linux-based
in Australia:
http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm
I'd say this shows how scared M$ is ...
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Bert Freudenberg wrote:
The Windows-based EEE PC is going to be cheaper than the Linux-based
in Australia:
http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm
I'd say this shows how scared M$ is ...
- Bert -
It isn't Microsoft that sets the price (as opposed to cost) of
On Saturday 10 May 2008 5:07:22 am Jim Gettys wrote:
1:1 is really *very* important, for many reasons, not the least of which
is the following:
If a teacher cannot *rely* on a child having access to a computer for
teaching their class and/or homework, you are, in essence, asking them
to
Bernie Innocenti wrote:
a serious problem in the most underserved areas --- the price trend
is for the second
generation of the low cost laptops to head back to $500.
The Asus 900 has a suggested list of $550 ?
That's weird marketing... ASUS and Intel know they will have to
beat OLPC's
On Saturday 10 May 2008 4:40:30 pm Bert Freudenberg wrote:
The Windows-based EEE PC is going to be cheaper than the Linux-based
in Australia:
http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm
I'd say this shows how scared M$ is ...
I am not sure. They are two different
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Albert Cahalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:27 AM, Walter Bender [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll be getting my hands on a one2onemate next week. I'll report back
what I learn, but I wouldn't condemn it sight unseen. At the very
least, it is
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:56 AM, K. K. Subramaniam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Saturday 10 May 2008 4:40:30 pm Bert Freudenberg wrote:
The Windows-based EEE PC is going to be cheaper than the Linux-based
in Australia:
http://apcmag.com/windowsbased_eeepc_cheaper_than_linux_one.htm
I'd say
On Thursday 08 May 2008 1:50:59 pm Albert Cahalan wrote:
From time to time, you get computer day. It could be
a few times a year or once a week. Most likely this is
decided by the teacher, who must then try to reserve the
computers for the desired day. At the beginning of class,
somebody
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:09 AM, K. K. Subramaniam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 08 May 2008 1:50:59 pm Albert Cahalan wrote:
From time to time, you get computer day. It could be
a few times a year or once a week. Most likely this is
decided by the teacher, who must then try to reserve
On Friday 09 May 2008 9:33:26 pm Eben Eliason wrote:
Even if you were to provide an computer exclusively to each child, they
are unlikely to be in use all day long. Programmers in IT companies may
spend their whole day before a computer, but children do have a life
beyond the keyboard :-).
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:23 PM, K. K. Subramaniam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 09 May 2008 9:33:26 pm Eben Eliason wrote:
Even if you were to provide an computer exclusively to each child, they
are unlikely to be in use all day long. Programmers in IT companies may
spend their whole
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Stephen John Smoogen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:23 PM, K. K. Subramaniam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Friday 09 May 2008 9:33:26 pm Eben Eliason wrote:
Even if you were to provide an computer exclusively to each child,
they
are
1:1 is really *very* important, for many reasons, not the least of which
is the following:
If a teacher cannot *rely* on a child having access to a computer for
teaching their class and/or homework, you are, in essence, asking them
to greatly *increase* their work-load, by having to prepare two
On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 13:35 -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
It would take a real effort by OLPC to stop this
rotten concept, but I don't see that happening.
OLPC coldly and habitually ignores the USA.
Not true... several cities are doing things.
But certainly we believe in child control of a
John Watlington wrote:
The XO has a good reason for existance (MLJ's display, and attention
to low power design).
I agree. We had 1-2 years advantage over the others, and some
kickass researchers in house.
Ignoring the fact that most of the new low-cost laptops require
much more power
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Bernie Innocenti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ignoring the fact that most of the new low-cost laptops require
much more power ---
The EEE PC I have just bought heats up in the bag when suspended...
and seems to have a noisy fan inside.
Yes. Suspend eats up a
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Bernie Innocenti [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Martin Langhoff wrote:
Yes. Suspend eats up a ton of battery on mine. I don't think they
spent significant engineering time on power mgmt on the board there -
which is a major disappointment :-(
Is the
2008/5/6 John Watlington [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The XO has a good reason for existance (MLJ's display, and attention to low
power design).
I'm just curious. I was wondering if you have a pointer to specific
data about the MLJ display like exact specs on power consumption,
brightness,
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display
...and several pointers to further info in the reference section at the end
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Jaya Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
2008/5/6 John Watlington [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
The XO has a good reason for existance (MLJ's display, and
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Carol Lerche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Display
...and several pointers to further info in the reference section at the end
Thanks Carol. Some of the data was there. Appended ?? marks the info I
haven't been able to fill in yet.
MLJ
The XO has a good reason for existance (MLJ's display, and attention
to low power design).
Ignoring the fact that most of the new low-cost laptops require
much more power ---
a serious problem in the most underserved areas --- the price trend
is for the second
generation of the low cost
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