[geeks] One (Windows) Laptop Per Child

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 @ 10:10 -0500, Lionel Peterson said:

> 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.

I see much more fully featured laptops all the time for not much more
than that.

> Seems like a decent idea - it allows schools to build on existing
> WinXP software base, not rely on third-party software developers to
> create software for it, and it has usefulness in so-called first-world
> countries with wired and WiFi networking.
> 
> Thoughts?

I think given the specs, the price is awfully high.

The other day I saw a 2GHz Intel laptop with 14" screen and a 20GB hard
drive for $400.  Granted, it is low end, but I suspect that the system
you listed above is pretty cheaply made, and the storage is awfully low.


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