02-28-2006, 06:00 AM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Re: $100 Laptop? Meet the $100 'Celluar PC'
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Originally Posted by alese
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Originally Posted by Jonathon Watkins
[i]" . . .MIT's low-cost laptop ha[s] been building a lot of buzz. How could it not? It's inexpensive, has a hand crank to charge the battery...
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I guess celular device can have it's advantages, but, there is a reason for the notebook to have a hand crank.
Most of the places and countries the machine will be deployed does not even have the power available to a lot (most) of their population. And if there is no power, I guess there is also no TVs to be used as screens and definatelly no cellular coverage.
Microsofts sollution only works if you have basic infrastructure in place. |
a perfect example of such countries is tanzania... damn i heard they don't have electricity from 7am to 11:59pm for the past 3 months!
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