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Ok this is a news group where any question can be answered and boy
have i been helped here as well as millions of others. I have an ultimate question. I as a Christian am going out to Malawi July this year. I once saw a program on UK bbc click. The 100 dollar laptop. This is a laptop for any African child to have a laptop. My problem now is how can I get my hands on one of these laptops. I did say this was an the ultimate question. This is a mercy mission Desmond. |
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... I once saw a program on UK bbc click. The 100 dollar laptop. This is a laptop for any African child to have a laptop. My problem now is how can I get my hands on one of these laptops. This is a US project originating at MIT, with various company sponsorships. Information is summarized at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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Des wrote:
Ok this is a news group where any question can be answered and boy have i been helped here as well as millions of others. I have an ultimate question. I as a Christian am going out to Malawi July this year. I once saw a program on UK bbc click. The 100 dollar laptop. This is a laptop for any African child to have a laptop. My problem now is how can I get my hands on one of these laptops. I did say this was an the ultimate question. This is a mercy mission Desmond. Does the recipient have a source of power ? Is there a WiFi network available within reach ? Part of the value of the computer, is being able to access knowledge sources on the net. One trick with these, is they use a mesh network, where one powered XO-1 can forward a message for another XO-1. That makes these computers a communications network, as well as a computer. But that only works, if the computers are close enough to one another, and to a real WiFi source, to become a mesh network. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO-1 If the recipient has both a reliable AC power source, and an Internet connection, it may be just as well to purchase a small netbook. This one has a 40GB SSD (flash memory), making the device a little more shockproof. There is still the danger, if it is dropped, that the screen could crack. Devices cheaper than this one, seem to have regular hard drives. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220369 You'll also want an OS localized to the language of the recipient. I have no idea how you go about that. The XO-1 laptop would have software designed for collaboration and exploring, which a regular laptop may make more difficult. For an individual, this takes a lot of preparation work up front. Spending the money on the hardware is the easy part. Making it do something for the benefit of the recipient is the hard part. The reason for mentioning the AC power source, is lithium batteries don't have a good shelf life. If attempting to use the device in a more portable fashion, the battery will wear out in a few years. As long as it runs on AC, without the battery, there is still the possibility of using it years from now when the battery will no longer hold a charge. Lithium batteries are too expensive for the recipient to be buying for themselves. Paul |
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Des wrote:
Ok this is a news group where any question can be answered and boy have i been helped here as well as millions of others. I have an ultimate question. I as a Christian am going out to Malawi July this year. I once saw a program on UK bbc click. The 100 dollar laptop. This is a laptop for any African child to have a laptop. My problem now is how can I get my hands on one of these laptops. I did say this was an the ultimate question. This is a mercy mission http://laptop.org/en/ and it is $199.00 but you may give smaller amounts. I note that you did not say who the laptop was for but a donation will help a child get a laptop. I'd donate money for food first, it's estimated that 2500 children a day die from hunger in Africa. Blackboards work, laptops can wait. |
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"Des" == Des writes:
Des My problem now is how can Des I get my hands on one of these laptops. http://www.amazon.com/xo But you have to buy two, one to give away, one for you. -- We are ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God. ~ Saint Augustine |
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