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The $100 laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant.
Interesting cocnept. I guess even people in the western world would be interested. Well, BUT, it runs Linux !
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Read it on engadget, if it was Intel eMate 2006, I'd buy one  But its a PC  .
Not sure what processor it is, but its 500MHz and 1Gb RAM.
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Originally Posted by ajprice
Read it on engadget, if it was Intel eMate 2006, I'd buy one But its a PC .Not sure what processor it is, but its 500MHz and 1Gb RAM.
Well, just imagine, if it's an Intel chip, you might be able to run next gen OS X on it. Not fast, but hey, who knows...
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I heard you could get an iBook for $50!
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To save on software costs, the laptops would run the freely available Linux operating system instead of Windows.
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To save on shittiness, the laptops would run the freely available Linux operating system instead of Windows.
actually, i wouldnae mind one myself to use as a digital notebook when travelling round. at under $100 [about £55] you wouldn't be too bothered if it got lost or stolen and the armoured casing and hand-cranking idea [presumably working on the same principal as the clockwork radio] sounds pretty cool.
i'd be pretty surprised if they can do all that for £55 tho'. they'll prob be looking for some pretty hefty subsidies from somewhere - and since it's all at the 'blueprint' and 'proposal' stage at the minute, methinks it might unfortunately turn out to be another product by the ever popular "vapourware corporation"
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It's a $100 Laptop with $1,000 shipping/handling, right?
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I thought the idea was for it to be given to needy people and in areas like South America and Africa. Hence the hand crank for the battery reserve.
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Damn, i thought teh handcrank was for scrolling thru windows
or text - sort of a Flintstones model.
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I couldn't mind a hand crank, or solar cells. Powerbook and all.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
Well, just imagine, if it's an Intel chip, you might be able to run next gen OS X on it. Not fast, but hey, who knows...
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It's an AMD according to the article...
Did you read it yourself ? 
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what does it say on that screen?
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Originally Posted by Goldfinger
It's an AMD according to the article...
Did you read it yourself ?
Darn. That means we have to wait till OS XI, when Apple dumps Intel 
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Originally Posted by Goldfinger
It's an AMD according to the article...
Did you read it yourself ?
OSX x86 could (and does) run on AMD's as well. AMD and Intel are both x86 Architecture, just different technologies in the making of their chips.
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What would someone in a developing country need with a laptop, anyway?
If you were starving to death, had no money, lackluster shelter, disease, lived with the possibility of goverment coups and looking forward to death at an early age - wtf? How about they think about spending the money and resources to make these people sustainable instead?
The only thing I can think of why this is even an idea : these countries are the next stops for the out-sourcing train!
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Originally Posted by screamingFit
What would someone in a developing country need with a laptop, anyway?
Hmm, closed-minded aren't we?
How about weather reports? Communication with doctors? Schooling for the kids?
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Originally Posted by Randman
Hmm, closed-minded aren't we?
How about weather reports? Communication with doctors? Schooling for the kids?
No. Not closed minded at all. I just think that there situation will not be helped at all with a computer. They need REAL help!!!!!!!!!
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At $100 any SME could issue a laptop to ALL employees including the janitor! What a janitor needs with a computer is beyond me.
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Originally Posted by screamingFit
What would someone in a developing country need with a laptop, anyway?
Pron !
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It looks cool, but no thank you. I love my Mac.
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