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|  I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CPU
I'm just guessing now. But I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that the $100 laptop doesn't have an Intel processor.  I don't agree with the Intel chairman's assessment of why the $100 laptop is a bad idea. But that doesn't mean I agree that the best use of UN and developing nations money is in the purchase of laptops for disadvantaged regions. That money can be better spent on improving agriculture, healthcare, etc.
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CPM
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Miami, FL | I agree $100.00 can by a lot of rice and condoms. |
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jebba2005
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Portland, ME | Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CP
how will it work in 110 degree heat? |
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seaquake
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Let them try it out. If it takes off, good for them. If it doesn't, then they should have done their homework better.... |
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dave
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Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CP
This would be the same Intel that has convinced most people that they need (Intel) CPUs in the 2-to-3 GHz range for adequate web access, right? |
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| Will it have Windows?
Considering how expensive Microsoft software is. I recall a story once about Microsoft being worried about increasing use of Linux in Latin America. Windows was so costly that schools and even governments began switching over to Linux. Think of the possibilites, disadvantaged children recompiling kernels and using Debian and Mandrake Linux, when a LOT of people in our Western society cant even navigate to the Control Panel. And on top of that many third world countries (particularly Asian ones) have much faster broadband access than we do. |
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fdaiz
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Re: What the heck....
Agreed |
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hamburglar_
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Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CPU
...and infrastructure, maybe?
"are intended to bring computer access to areas that lack reliable electricity"
They are putting the cart before the horse. What good is a laptop if you barely even have shelter to keep it from getting wet in the rain? |
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kamm
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Brooklyn, NY | reply to TKJunkMail
Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CP
There are plenty of other programs for healthcare and such. |
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dave
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said by hamburglar_  :(..) if you barely even have shelter to keep it from getting wet in the rain? Where the hell did you get that from? |
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G_Poobah
join:2004-01-17
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Keep em dumb, keep em ignorant, that's the way to win. Why waste money on something that will allow them to raise their quality of life. Stuff like medical books, or agricultural books, or even cheap laptops are wasted on 'those people of disadvantaged reasons'. Spend the money on rice, you can always withhold the food if they start to act up or complain about living conditions. God forbid the 'disadvantaged regions' should access modern information, or use a product in a manner that we, the all powerful leaders, don't see fit. We need to control everything they do, and not give them the tools to think for themselves. That's how revolutions start, and that would be a bad thing for those in power. The **AA's realize this, and so do the would be baby doc duvaliers and his retire-rich cronies.
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Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CPU
said by CPM :I agree $100.00 can by a lot of rice and condoms. emphasis on the condom part
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2kmaro
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| I'll Take a DOZEN!
No use for them? If I can figure a way to power them without having to hand-crank all the time, I'll take a dozen and put them to work for:
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WareWolF2k
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Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CP
said by dave :This would be the same Intel that has convinced most people that they need (Intel) CPUs in the 2-to-3 GHz range for adequate web access, right? Thanks to microsoft & symantec, they do! |
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shaner
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Re: I'll Take a DOZEN!
We're talking about a hand crank laptop for poor areas which don't have access to reliable electricity.
Can somebody please tell me what these laptops are going to be used for? If they don't have electricity, I'm sure the 'net isn't around either. What software are they going to give them to put on the laptop?
Kind of reminds me of when the Canadian government sent over dozens of Massy-Ferguson tractors to help out farmers in poor areas. Problem is, those farmers not only didn't have access to, they couldn't afford to buy any....gasoline. This project will be wasted too, if somebody doesn't have a plan on what to do with these laptops.
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2kmaro
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Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CP
I think you left out the
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Re: I'll Take a DOZEN!
I agree - without a supporting infrastructure, they're pretty much useless. Probably not even sturdy enough to pound tent stakes with.
But WITH a plan, and at least support at "outposts" or schools, then they could be an immense help. There is nothing like the free exchange of information to bring people together, to help them realize ideas to make their lives better, and to simply learn of alternative solutions to problems they have.
But I agree - when you're primary concern is where your next meal is coming from, having an inedible computer at your beck and call is pretty much an insignificant event.
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Jedispara
join:2005-06-27
London, ON | reply to shaner
Just because they don't have the net, it won't negate the usefulness as a tool. If they load them up with educational software before they are sent down, it could still be useful until/if they get the internet. |
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shaner
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| How much software could there be on this thing? I've read the above article and others, and I've never seen what they're putting on it. The novelty will wear off after a month, and then you're back at square one.
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Asmodeus
join:2004-05-26
Spring Valley, CA | reply to CPM
Re: I'll bet the $100 laptop doesn't have Intel CP
most 3rd worlders don't even use condoms much less know what a condom is... |
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