Hard to believe it's been over two years since we wrapped our noodles around the Intel
Eduwise and the
OLPC XO, and while the average Atom-powered
netbook has practically swiped the limelight, the low-cost laptop still holds a special place in our hearts. So it's with great joy that we present this mystical tour through the genealogy of the Classmate PC. On hand are a number of prototypes, a non-working mockup and a version of the Eduwise that actually retains the bulk of its hardware in the rear of the LCD. Heck, there's even a bright blue convertible in there that could probably give Doom a run for its money. Unfortunately, the writeup is in translated English, but chances are the images will do the bulk of the speaking to your soul.
posted Oct 14th 2008 9:20AM
Brazil only has 2 things I am interested in:
#1 Brazilian bubble butt babes
#2 Bulletproof car windshields.
Because we all know how many assassination attempts there are on you while escorting your harem of Brazilian supermodels.
Huh, I thought it was their rapidly increasing quality of life, up and coming economy, and energy independence (no foreign nuthin') were kinda nice as well...
Is this one of the new Macbooks?
no the new macbooks are better in every way
this thing could win an award for being so ugly, it looks like fisher price, vtec or even a 2 year old design this ugly cheap laptop, i would recommend you get an acer aspire one, asus eeepc, dell mini or macbook air over this laptop
@ocean, you completely miss the point...the OP was being sarcastic, and these are cheap laptops for children in developing countries, not for the average consumer.
Brazil is crap! I was born there.... by the way LOL
BTW, YOU SUCK.
Is it crap because you were born there?
Brazil is copying the Portugueses Low cost Laptop, If you search for the name "Magalhaes Laptop" you will see that this laptop is made in portugal and Argentina Will sell them to...
http://www.portatilmagalhaes.com/
I was about to translate the original post for you sake, then I face the bunch of douchebags that spend our time with these... how could I call this stuff... ehh.. "comments".
so I quit for now,
inspiration goes ez.
It's ugly because it must be affordable and resistant. It is not a toy for gadget freaks like us, but a educational tool for poor people.
I'm not saying poor people should use crap computers. I'm saying that they only can use what they (in this case, brazilian govt) can afford. Simple as that.
Let's keep in mind that some of the children who are going to use this computer have never seen a computer before.
If you never played videogames, Atari is still amazing.
Finally, a clever coment.
Yep, Thanks Bruno for your comments.
Just to make more strong, we're learning a lot with many experiences around the world. We don't know if this is the best way to do that but we're trying to take off our people from the sidewalk and we're win in this arena.
A computer like this can be wonderful to people living in places where the education is poor or hard to give (like many places inside the amazon forest). Using sattelites connexions that we have covering all country, everybody can learn and understand what's happen around the world and don't say stupid things or leave our country to be a slave in rich countries.
We're creating a new generation. We have problems? Of course yes but we don't cry about that. We work hard to change the situation and this can be a way to do that.
Google translation is not good !
The page relate just a walk in a Intel "museum of prototypes" !!
Here the Brazilian version of production model :
http://zumo.uol.com.br/2008/08/20/intel-apresenta-novo-classmate-pc/
S@nto
actualy, I was reading the Portugueses Site (http://www.portatilmagalhaes.com/) where they say that Portugal will Sell the Laptop to Brazil like they did with Argentina. Take a look at the link, a try to correct this post because don't have the correct info.