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Displaced by XP, Sugar Labs goes it alone

May 16th 2008 1:58PM on Engadget

the issue is as has been said - its about a skills set. its not about knowing an OS that will not be around when these 'kids' grow up.

i am going to guess that most of you folk here are comfortable enough using Mac, XP and Linux.
thats the aim - getting folk to use computers, and being able to figure stuff out regardless of the OS presented.

locking folk in to the current dominant OS is simply short sighted/

Bummer note about the Engadget Podcast

Aug 31st 2007 2:23PM on Engadget

You pair made my walk to work less painful each podcast day. Thanks and hope to hear you back sometime in the future.

Chinese workers reportedly toil in "iPod City"

Jun 13th 2006 5:03PM on Engadget

it is a dictatorship. and everyones point is?
they beat and kill their population, there is no free press and this is surprising?

Why doesn't iSync 'just work'?

Jul 13th 2005 4:57PM on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

i have a p900 and isync was always a major pain i the ar*e, sometimes taking reboots of booth the mac and phone for it to work. then along came tiger and it works each and every time. quicker than before too. it now does 'just work' prior to that it was my only sore point with the mac.

Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.

"I am trying to configure out a really dumbed down and intuitive PC for my grandmother. She recently had a stroke and while she is under my care I would like to repurpose a laptop for her to surf and email her children. Anyone have any experience with what input devices and UI's are really understandable for the over 80 crowd?"

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