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  1. 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
  2. i've been following that story. Its hit problems already and the prica has double to $200
  3. Originally posted by germcevoyi've been following that story. Its hit problems already and the prica has double to $200


    Which dollars are we talking - American or Australian? Still seems quite a bargain for what it's offering to the right market to me
  4. Originally posted by djrlewis[..]

    Which dollars are we talking - American or Australian? Still seems quite a bargain for what it's offering to the right market to me


    Originally US dollars.
  5. 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?
  6. Originally posted by germcevoythe 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?


    You'd think so.
  7. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    You'd think so.


    I certainly would. Give the kids a life first, get them into school and then send the gadgets to them.
  8. Originally posted by germcevoy[..]

    I certainly would. Give the kids a life first, get them into school and then send the gadgets to them.


    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.
  9. i've been hearing a lot about linux on the technology podcasts I get. Never understood it much. How does it look?
  10. Originally posted by djrlewisSo 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.
  11. Originally posted by drewhiggins[..]

    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.


    Upgrade in January already I hear. It's only released here this week.
  12. Originally posted by germcevoyi've been hearing a lot about linux on the technology podcasts I get. Never understood it much. How does it look?










    So far I've tried Ubuntu (my favourite), Fedora, Novell SUSE, RedHat, YellowDog (used on the PlayStation3), Knoppix and some little USB distributions. They're all pretty cool to use and easy enough - if you can use Windows or a Mac, you can pick up Linux basics in a few days.

    Linux (most) are free to download, share and use and come with all open-source (code is redistributable and modifiable by anyone on apps like Firefox, OpenOffice etc). Remember it's an entire operating system like Windows or Mac, so it's something totally different.
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