The $100 laptop
believe me, i have tried the one hundred dollar laptops before, not the system itself, but the OS "sugar" (based on fedora) that comes with it. DON'T judge the system with out using it. For kids in 3rd world nations I would say the system is more powerful and more useable then even required, it is a great little system with an interesting GUI and nice little programs for the kids to use; an rss reader, a paint app, word processor etc. It will also spark a boom for Linux and open source in 3rd world markets such as china and india.
From what I understand, India denied OLPC from distrusting to them. They are in the works of making their own budget laptop that might cost only 10 dollars. Pretty crazy stuff really, but I'm sure it couldn't stack up to the OLPC hardware.garfunkel wrote:believe me, i have tried the one hundred dollar laptops before, not the system itself, but the OS "sugar" (based on fedora) that comes with it. DON'T judge the system with out using it. For kids in 3rd world nations I would say the system is more powerful and more useable then even required, it is a great little system with an interesting GUI and nice little programs for the kids to use; an rss reader, a paint app, word processor etc. It will also spark a boom for Linux and open source in 3rd world markets such as china and india.
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Flickorian
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Never Heard.
Why don't you elaborate on the details of the $100 lap top, or at least post a link.
**** wrote:Why don't you elaborate on the details of the $100 lap top, or at least post a link.
barnes wrote:Geeze, no one likes to just Google stuff here?
Yes, there will be a $100 dollar laptop. Its developed under the name of OLPC (The One Laptop Per Child Program.) It runs a custom Linux based OS known as Suger, which is availible to download and test with a LiveCD.
How ever, they will no be commercially avalible, atlease at the $100 price tag. They have plans to release commerical units for 200, which will include the price of a second laptop which is shipped to a third world nation.
The laptop itself is quite decent. Built with rubber keyboard for duribility, web cam, Wifi (802.11G) built in speakers. It will be a great PC for experimentation, cheap projects, and will push hackers to a new level, with laptops at a nearly dispoable price. (Think hidden laptops broadcasting wifi signals in cities and towns.)
I personally am ready and willing to purchase one with the $200 tag. Considering it will be a fun project laptop, and helps a third world nation.
More information can be found at their site: Laptop.org
If you go through the full thread, you can find all the information you need '****'. 'barnes' has clearly given all the details and a link for further information on this topic
It actually costs around $170, and it is not widely available. Just watched a program about it on tv today. its processor is built by AMD and its speed is only 433 MHz . it is designed for 3rd world countries. It is especially usefull for childrens as it is designed for them and contains many learning softwares, included in $170. It runs on a Linux system that is all i know about it.
