Sub $100 Laptop?
Yup, that's the idea. Some guy from Mass-uh-chew-sets has inked designs for a sub $100 laptop geared towards schoolchildren world wide in its initial release.
The idea is a good one. He's using flash memory instead of a hard drive, since no moving pieces means its going to stand up to abuse better. The case is going to be rubber, and instead of running Windows, or Mac OS, its gonna run Linux (free open source software rocks, which I'll probably be running Linux in about a year after I figure out some more details, LOL). Its also going to be equipped for wireless internet access.
I wonder who is going to complain about this one. Cheap, affordable computers for third world nations... isn't that a threat? Then again, selling sporks to a third world nation is a threat.
The idea is a good one. He's using flash memory instead of a hard drive, since no moving pieces means its going to stand up to abuse better. The case is going to be rubber, and instead of running Windows, or Mac OS, its gonna run Linux (free open source software rocks, which I'll probably be running Linux in about a year after I figure out some more details, LOL). Its also going to be equipped for wireless internet access.
I wonder who is going to complain about this one. Cheap, affordable computers for third world nations... isn't that a threat? Then again, selling sporks to a third world nation is a threat.
posted by Michael at 10/03/2005 04:55:00 PM
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Good ol' American ingenuity!
I think the idea is a great one. I feel both hopeful and frustrated when I hear about a positive idea such as this one...Hopeful because we have the creativity and ability to bring change, frustrated because there is not always the willpower or the drive (to push past greed, financial sacrifices, etc) to see something through.
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