| I'm not sure how useful this laptop will be to an adult out-of-the-box. I recall it having its own unique OS specifically designed for children, I dont even know if it will have a full featured web browser, etc.,. Will have alot of kiddie games and learning apps though, but at my age, I think I am past that.
However, with that being said, I am sure you can wipe its brain and install Linux somehow. If only it came in black....
-John On Sep 26, 2007, at 11:17 AM, Greg Lopp wrote: No disc. Moving parts bad. 1G NAND flash (hmmm, I wonder how many writes that's good for, or is that just a NOR flash problem?)
From http://laptop.org/en/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml :
802.11 b/g/s
3 USB 2.0 ports
MMC/SD slot
On 9/26/07, schwepes@netaxs.com < schwepes@netaxs.com> wrote:What are the IO ports on this baby?
Does it have any internal disk reader?
bs
On Tue, 25 Sep 2007, JP Vossen wrote:
> > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:12:07 -0400
> > From: "Joshua Karstendick" <joshdick@gmail.com >
> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] One Laptop per Child project - Worldwide Linux
> >
> > I'm looking forward to buying one of these laptops in November. For
> > $400, you get one and so does a needy child.
>
> Yeah, some details at:
> http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/09/24/0217254.shtml
>
> I'm thinking about this, and unlike some of the whiners on /. I think
> that pricing and scheme is a good idea. But...
>
> While it will work stand-alone, from what I understand, these things
> will work best a) in a clump (mesh net, proximity display, video
> conferencing <g>, etc.) and b) with the back-end server somewhere around
> (for updates, backups, etc.). So what about that? I'm not an
> accredited school, so that I could get my hands on the server part. And
> I'm not sure I can get other people in my neighborhood to buy these.
> Since my kids are a arguably bit on the young side for them anyway (1.5,
> 3.5), and OTOH since the 3.5yo is already using Child's Play, Tux Paint
> and other stuff on the Ubuntu laptop in the kitchen, should I even bother?
>
> Later,
> JP
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