The $100 laptop inching ever closer to reality

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:26 pm

hehe. it's pretty impressive, really. especially the LCD development.

Post by **Canis** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:28 pm

I'm assuming the telephone support/parts and labor is rather limited...

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:36 pm

Well it'd be better than playing with a piece of wood on a string.

Post by **FragaGeddon** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:39 pm

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Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:48 pm

Post by **feedback** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:52 pm

DooMer wrote:DON'T GIVE THOSE LITTLE FUCKERS COMPUTERS, THEY'LL TAKE MY JOB

TERK ER JERB!

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 6:54 pm

DooMer wrote:DON'T GIVE THOSE LITTLE FUCKERS COMPUTERS, THEY'LL TAKE MY JOB

go go lou dobbs go

Post by **feedback** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:01 pm

lol there's like 4 fucking references to south park right under his post that I ignored

Post by **iambowelfish** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:31 pm

This could be a very good thing.

Ha, imagine millions of poor african kids having blogs. Crazy.

Then these kids grow up and use technology to research and coordinate to make sure they get the best prices for their produce etc.
I imagine it's a lot harder to exploit people who have access to information.

Anyone know how they plan to provide internet access though?

Post by **Turbine** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:37 pm

How do I get one, for general internet acess, I am fucking serious.

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:41 pm

I hope their next iteration will have some sort of WifiMax capability, and of course more storage. [after school special] Information is power! [/ass]

Post by **Foo** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:44 pm

I would expect to see them locked in as some proprietary system when they're finally implemented. Not doing so would simply make them thief targets.

So there will be a need to render them useless outside of their sole intended purpose.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:17 pm

Foo wrote:I would expect to see them locked in as some proprietary system when they're finally implemented. Not doing so would simply make them thief targets.

So there will be a need to render them useless outside of their sole intended purpose.

there's something like what you're describing in the works. it was mentioned in the video, but i can't recall exactly what security measures it will use, and i'm NOT watching that entire thing again.

Post by **r0n1n** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 7:20 am

Third world countries don't need laptops, they need food!

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:03 am

r0n1n wrote:Third world countries don't need laptops, they need food!

They've gotten poorer as aid has increased, handouts alone don't work.

Post by **S@M** » Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:28 am

its a good idea - there are a lot of initiatives in teh third world, no one promises to solve all their problems, but each contribution must help in some way, thumbs up for this one

Post by **Foo** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:53 pm

Within minutes of dthe first shipment arriving, the laptops are put to good use...

Post by **dzjepp** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:52 pm

lol, I wonder if the nigerian scam business is gonna shoot through the roof because of these...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 9:58 pm

Never know with those whacky schoolkids...

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:42 am

Flickerset

Post by **Scourge** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:50 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
Flickerset

It's got horns!! It's the debbil!!

Post by **dmmh** » Wed May 24, 2006 6:49 am

riddla wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:Why do the children in developping countries need laptops?
To grow up some day and be able to spell 'developing'?

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed May 24, 2006 11:22 am

My, that thing is looking all sparkling and hip. :icon14:

Post by **hax103** » Wed May 24, 2006 9:45 pm

Foo wrote:
Geebs wrote:It's not so that kids get a job in the tech industry, it's for education. Like, for example, if they can get information about HIV transmission, it might help with the AIDS timebomb in africa, that sort of thing.
But that same kind of information could be dissemenated, probably much more effectively, with an initiative to supply a connection for teachers?

For the price of equipping 100 students with $100 laptops, you could furnish them with a whole lot of books, writing materials, and set up the teacher with increased access to learning resources.

Actually, it wouldn't go far. Books are pretty expensive. How much is a textbook - $10 - $50?

At least with the wireless notebooks, the communities could put (perhaps illegally

hehe) many books online so there are no printing costs.

**IF** they also had some kind of Internet connection, even if it was slow, the sheer breadth of topics which they could look at would make the notebooks worthwhile. Another killer feature would be the potential for fast distribution of pertinent knowledge and facts. For example in the AIDs context, if you tried the pamphlet method, it would cost money to both print and physically move and distribute them to all the villages and towns.

On the otherhand, the notebooks might be a stupid idea simply because alot would break quickly and there would be no way to repair them. Books are very durable.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:08 pm

from a goal of $100 now up to $130