http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
ANY PERSON/ORGANIZATION THAT DONATED TOWARD THIS OR INVESTED IN THIS SHOULD SUE. It was all just a gimmick for them to make sub-par laptops to sell to consumers.

I wonder how long before walmart has an exclusive contract to sell these...and I wonder how long before its the same poor kids these were meant for, that are working in sweatshops building them.
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think about it: camping:
run out of juice? no prob! wind it up!

over at a friends place and running low on juice? wind it up!

etc...

as a 2nd laptop for programming at the cottage, it's nice. would be nicer for 299 tho...]]>Sep 23rd 2007 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 9:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
scratch that. screw the kids I don't want one. send them a colouring book instead.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
people all of the world have said the same thing. the problem with ego-maniacs though is they just figure everyone else is wrong.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Nick should have put all that money towards food and books if he really wanted to help the kids.
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At everyone who says someone should donate food, i agree to a degree; however, history shows us that education is crucial to "civilized"/advanced civilization/society. To those who will argue that education can be achieved through books; what child in a developing country wants to go to school? This would be a major motivator... :D

@John
US schools already have textbooks. Anyways the US educational system is generally left behind (no pun intended). Look at Houston Texas!
]]>Sep 23rd 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
even so, I doubt no one would be giving a laptop computer to a child that desperately needs food... this is obviously for people who ALREADY have food, but can't afford computers...]]>Sep 23rd 2007 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
E-books don’t cost a fraction of the price and are in general only a few dollars cheaper than the printed version. The cost of printing a book is minimal and most of the fee for a book goes to is the author’s royalties and publisher’s profit hence the reason e-books are only marginally cheaper. A $50 book will still be very close to $50 in electrical form except they’ll also have the expense of the computer and be forced to read it off a poor quality screen. I just bought two hooks and there was the option to get them only in electrical form but I paid the extra few dollars for the printed version since reading a book is so much easier on the eye.

I really don’t see the benefit of a computer in education at all. Schools in the US who have issued laptops to students have found they offered no benefits. Giving a child a computer only distracts them from education and aids them in no way. This is simply money down the toilet.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 11:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/admittedly, there are the few; however, my experiences in Bangladesh convince me that pressure from the family to work at home and the general misconceptions about education convince most to stay home.

In a family where no one before you was educated, then would you understand what the benefit of attending school would be? in many third-world countries, children are not in the position to always go to school wither.

hmm... it WOULD be interesting if they could use downloadable lectures (video) so that children can study at any time at any pace, but again nothing substitutes a human being. or does it? :D]]>Sep 23rd 2007 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/I'm obviously bored, but if it was written by the government, then it would be a fraction of the price. We're not talking commercial e-books here. (At least thats my impression)]]>Sep 24th 2007 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 24th 2007 12:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
The OLPC project really should stop saying thislaptop is for the starving poorest kids it's better suited for the poor kids .. some of whom may even be right here in the US. They should sell the laptop for $200 at walmart. Why not?
]]>Sep 24th 2007 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/>> I personally believe that US Americans aren't able to do so, because... uh SOME people out there in our nation don't have laptops, and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa, and the eyeRaq, everywhere LIKE SUCH AS AND I believe that our education over here in the US should help South Africa and should help the eyeRaq and Asian countries so we'll be able to build up our future! ]]>Sep 24th 2007 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm no CPA.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Darn, that puts "get free laptops, make a profit from tax-deductions, and sell the laptops on ebay for more" idea down the drain... :D]]>Sep 24th 2007 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
There, fixed that for you.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.laptop.org/laptop/hardware/specs.shtml]]>Sep 23rd 2007 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
It's bad enough that hard drive manufacturers rape wallets daily with false advertisments of what's really in the box. If it's possible to make a drive with a capacity of 698 gigs, why the hell label it 750? I'm so tired of this shit. At least label it as a 700 gig drive. 50 gigs off? What kind of scam is that? How difficult is it to pop a drive in and see what's actually available? The OS used will most likely be Windows or OS X. I'll bet my rusted wheelchair that it's very similiar either way. So please boycott lying electronic device suppliers.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
Great job dude.

That said, it doesn't look like all that much laptop for $400.]]>Sep 23rd 2007 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30065]]>Sep 23rd 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
You thought you were getting a 750GiB drive.

Ha ha.]]>Sep 24th 2007 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 24th 2007 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.olpcnews.com/software/third_party/doom_on_the_olpc_xo.html]]>Sep 23rd 2007 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/


http://www.laptopmag.com/Features/Hands-On-with-One-Laptop-Per-Child-XO-Laptop.htm

]]>Sep 23rd 2007 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
how can people come to comment on a story and be completely wrong when that story has the description in big bold letters in both the title AND story?!?

you NEED one of these, maybe YOU can learn a little too, and while your out $400, some kid in a third world country will get to learn too.

"Starting November 12th you can finally fork over some cash for an XO and get one shipped to your door -- as long as you're willing pay double for some kid in a developing nation to get one as well."

its all in the article.....]]>Sep 23rd 2007 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 24th 2007 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
Since you don't have the first clue about what you're trying to comment on, it might be best if you, and anyone else who has zero understanding of the infrastructure problems in the developing world, could just kind of refrain from commenting.

There are plenty of people in the developing world who have yet to see stairs, let alone electricity service.]]>Sep 25th 2007 6:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/Sep 23rd 2007 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/23/olpc-announces-399-give-1-get-1-holiday-xo-promo/
There's been some good thought put into it.

I still have to wonder if a Laptop is more important than more basic things. It seems a bit like "Tennis for the Underprivileged". ]]>Sep 23rd 2007 11:34PM