I don't understand why everyone is supporting this $75 laptop or this $200 laptop thing here. Wither you are in USA, UK, Europe or any other 1st world country...you act like this is a good thing.
What about all the people who make there living off the internet (graphic artists, web developers, programmers, and a whole slew of others!). The market is already saturated with Indian programmers who charge $4/hour for there services - how can an average freelancer in a 1st world country compete with that? We have worked our asses off here - the average consumer paid $1000's for hardware and software over time - and all of a sudden these countries get laptops for $100? Then they learn the things we do...and what happens to all the technology jobs here?
The only people that benefit from this whole thing is who? CORPORATE AMERICA! You people are so naive. They make it sound like they all want to help the world and do good things, when really all they are doing is introducing hardware and software to these countries at (yes, even a small profit) they use computer...guess what...more CONSUMERS. OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE. Why do you think they aren't all working together? Why do you think there is competition for the "cheapest laptop". Because there is damn profit. They want to make it as cheap as they can with there profits involved of course...and then they have CONSUMERS who are going to want to buy...laptop cases...new keyboards...better hardware...software...etc. etc.
The Galaxy Tab 10.1, much like its Limited Edition sibling that we reviewed last month, is ever-so-slightly thinner than the iPad 2, a slate that most sane individuals (and competitors, for that matter) would confess is the market leader today.
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I don't understand why everyone is supporting this $75 laptop or this $200 laptop thing here. Wither you are in USA, UK, Europe or any other 1st world country...you act like this is a good thing.
What about all the people who make there living off the internet (graphic artists, web developers, programmers, and a whole slew of others!). The market is already saturated with Indian programmers who charge $4/hour for there services - how can an average freelancer in a 1st world country compete with that? We have worked our asses off here - the average consumer paid $1000's for hardware and software over time - and all of a sudden these countries get laptops for $100? Then they learn the things we do...and what happens to all the technology jobs here?
The only people that benefit from this whole thing is who? CORPORATE AMERICA! You people are so naive. They make it sound like they all want to help the world and do good things, when really all they are doing is introducing hardware and software to these countries at (yes, even a small profit) they use computer...guess what...more CONSUMERS. OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE. Why do you think they aren't all working together? Why do you think there is competition for the "cheapest laptop". Because there is damn profit. They want to make it as cheap as they can with there profits involved of course...and then they have CONSUMERS who are going to want to buy...laptop cases...new keyboards...better hardware...software...etc. etc.
Get freaking real people.
This is the first guy in a long time to nail the truth squarely on the head.