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djrlewis
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Originally posted by germcevoy:
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what a find. Excellent. I'll have a pack of 5 larges. Nice
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Glad to have helped
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drewhiggins
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I found this amazing of what a $100 laptop could do. The idea is to provide kids who have never used technology in their lives (e.g. mobiles, music players, computers) to give them a sense of being able to use technology.
It uses pretty basic specs (450MHz AMD Geode CPU, 256MB RAM, 1GB flash memory) and runs completely on open-source software like OpenOffice.org, Linux, Firefox. And it even comes with WiFi, three USB2.0 ports, video-camera and over 16 hours of hours of battery life.
Or see laptop.org
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germcevoy
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i've been following that story. Its hit problems already and the prica has double to $200
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djrlewis
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Originally posted by germcevoy:
i've been following that story. Its hit problems already and the prica has double to $200
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Which dollars are we talking - American or Australian? Still seems quite a bargain for what it's offering to the right market to me
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drewhiggins
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Originally posted by djrlewis:
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Which dollars are we talking - American or Australian? Still seems quite a bargain for what it's offering to the right market to me
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Originally US dollars.
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germcevoy
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the original idea was that you buy one for yourself then buy one for a child in the developing world. Wouldn't that child and their parents prefer a few bottles of water though over this?
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drewhiggins
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Originally posted by germcevoy:
the original idea was that you buy one for yourself then buy one for a child in the developing world. Wouldn't that child and their parents prefer a few bottles of water though over this?
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You'd think so.
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germcevoy
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Originally posted by drewhiggins:
I certainly would. Give the kids a life first, get them into school and then send the gadgets to them.
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drewhiggins
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Originally posted by germcevoy:
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I certainly would. Give the kids a life first, get them into school and then send the gadgets to them.
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That'd never happen because of course need the non-essentials first and the essentials second. These countries need to learn that kids need a life, not a green coloured box. The only reason I posted it was because it's amazing what you can shove into a $100-$200 laptop, and not really cutting heavily back on anything. 450MHz CPU and 256MB RAM with Linux is alright - I've got Linux Ubuntu 7.10 on a 2GHz Pentium 4 and it flies - even though it only needs a 400MHz minimum with all fancy effects switched on.
Now imagine trying to run Windows XP, Media Centre or even Vista on that same 2GHz system. It would be slow.
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germcevoy
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i've been hearing a lot about linux on the technology podcasts I get. Never understood it much. How does it look?
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drewhiggins
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Originally posted by djrlewis:
So who's gonna be tempted by this bit of technology then?
(Except you Americans where the question should be - so who's been tempted?!)
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I had a bit of fun with the iPhone - tried an advance model.
The effects are cool and 8Gb/16Gb of memory just for MP3s is pretty good. WiFi works well - I particularly like how you tilt it to the side and it flips into landscape. And the battery is outstanding - 3 days just for music because of the use of flash memory.
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germcevoy
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Originally posted by drewhiggins:
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I had a bit of fun with the iPhone - tried an advance model.
The effects are cool and 8Gb/16Gb of memory just for MP3s is pretty good. WiFi works well - I particularly like how you tilt it to the side and it flips into landscape. And the battery is outstanding - 3 days just for music because of the use of flash memory.
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Upgrade in January already I hear. It's only released here this week.
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