[geeks] One (Windows) Laptop Per Child

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net>
>Date: 2006/09/29 Fri AM 10:28:32 CDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] One (Windows) Laptop Per Child

>On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 10:10:35AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> The long & Short of it is that Intel put a 900 MHz Pentium M CPU in a
>> case with an 800x480 color display (TFT, by the looks of it), Windows XP
>> Embedded O/S with 1 Gig of internal storage (USB device inside case) and
>> WiFi (again, USB device inside case). It has a power brick, Fast
>> Ethernet, and no hand-crank or Play Skool colors.  Estimated prices
>> fluctuate between $250-400, based on qty.
>
>How much of that is the Windows XP tax?

I'd guess about $50-75/seat - I think tha tis what their O/S goes for in qty... maybe less

>(:set wm=5 and "gq" makes your posts much more bearable w/vim...)

Thanks for making the effort - I'll review my email client choices in light of others opinions (I don't normally give into peer-pressure, but when in Rome...)

Lionel