Really dont see the point in these things. If Dell and others can somehow sell a normal laptop for 400-500 bucks that doesn't look like a toy and not crippled beyond use, what is everyone else's problem. Take it, at least this thing is marketed for kids to use, but any self respecting geek wouldnt give this to there kids. I wouldn't waste 300 bucks on this crap for my daughter, id get her a real laptop with a real screen shes not going to go blind trying to read.
The point behind this and the OLPC is that not everybody can afford a 400-500$ laptop, especially in third world nations where the currency conversion itself is horrific. It might not seem like a 100 bucks is all that much when already spending 300$, but for some people, it really is.
The original idea behind these was to somehow sell them under 200, I believe. That would've made much more sense and might actually have been practically implemented a lot more. Even so, when you consider nations buying them in bulk, a 100$ difference on each laptop adds up to a lot. I'm guessing there aren't gonna be subsidies on it because of bulk orders, considering it's already supposed to be a "cheap" product.
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Really dont see the point in these things.
If Dell and others can somehow sell a normal laptop for 400-500 bucks that doesn't look like a toy and not crippled beyond use, what is everyone else's problem.
Take it, at least this thing is marketed for kids to use, but any self respecting geek wouldnt give this to there kids. I wouldn't waste 300 bucks on this crap for my daughter, id get her a real laptop with a real screen shes not going to go blind trying to read.
The point behind this and the OLPC is that not everybody can afford a 400-500$ laptop, especially in third world nations where the currency conversion itself is horrific. It might not seem like a 100 bucks is all that much when already spending 300$, but for some people, it really is.
The original idea behind these was to somehow sell them under 200, I believe. That would've made much more sense and might actually have been practically implemented a lot more. Even so, when you consider nations buying them in bulk, a 100$ difference on each laptop adds up to a lot. I'm guessing there aren't gonna be subsidies on it because of bulk orders, considering it's already supposed to be a "cheap" product.