Re: [SLUG] one laptop per child

From: Eben King (eben01@verizon.net)
Date: Tue Nov 13 2007 - 13:55:27 EST


On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Anthony DiPierro wrote:

> On Nov 13, 2007 10:31 AM, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>> Looks like USB, SD/MMC, and Wifi are the only ways to get data _out_ of it.
>> Is that correct?
>>
> There's a display and speakers :).

Shades of cassette tapes on 8-bit home computers...

>> Very low-end, but what do you expect for $200?
>>
> If my (one-year old) son was a few years older (maybe 5) I'd get him
> one, not for the power or the price but supposedly it's very durable
> and low power consuming. The mesh networking would be great if we
                                 ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
> could somehow get a critical mass of users,

Yeah, what is that? I saw "802.11s" but I've never heard of it.

And LiFePO4 batteries... are they used in anything else?

> AFAIK there's no competition for it in terms of a programmable laptop
> geared toward children, at $200 or at any other price. All the other
> child-geared laptops I've seen run special-purpose software. Maybe
> there isn't enough of a market for it. Or maybe Windows will get into
> the market after OLPC proves itself.

Good luck cramming Windows onto a 1GB flash drive...

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