12 month ago
plasticbag : BBC News story about the $100 laptop and the political problems that are stifling it - It's not by any means obvious that a laptop per child is the most urgent need in some countries, but it clearly could help some countries dramatically leapfrog their next generation. I for one hope it finds a market.
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15 month ago
Simon Willison : OLPC: Give 1 Get 1 - OLPC: Give 1 Get 1. The long rumoured “buy two OLPCs, donate one to the third world” scheme is actually happening. I plan to get one; the robustness, battery life and WiFi range should make for an excellent conference / outdoor machine.
Rod Begbie : One Laptop Per Child -- XO Giving - OLPC will be running a buy-one-donate-one scheme for the XO laptop: Pay $399 and you'll get a laptop for yourself and pay to send another to the developing world. [via] #
Khoi Vinh : One Laptop Per Child: Give 1 Get 1 - Starting 12 Nov, buy one of these laptops for a child in a developing nation and get one for yourself.
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16 month ago
Rod Begbie : One Laptop Per Child, Reviewed by 12-Year-Old - Well-written (for a 12-year-old) review of the OLPC XO laptop. The main concern about how slow it is seems moot to me for the target audience for whom this is their first computer: I accepted three-minute loading times on my ZX Spectrum at that age. (An [via] #
Jeremy Zawodny : One Laptop Per Child, Reviewed by 12-Year-Old - One Laptop Per Child, Reviewed by 12-Year-Old: the internet is fast, cpu slow... heh
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23 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Public can purchase $100 laptop - Fantastic if it pans out -- The great unwashed will be allowed to buy (on eBay?!) an OLPC laptop, so long as they simultaneously pay for a second one to be shipping to the developing world. Sign me up! #
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