$100 laptop

Well apparently it's nearly here: "one laptop per child" - the laptop which one day will cost only $100. I'm intrigued about a few aspects - is there really a third way after windows and apple (or fourth, if you count linux)? Is a 366 power going to be enough (I remember my turbocharged 486, and it wouldn't hack it in today's world... though, a lot of theplaces planning to invest are 'mañana countries, so maybe it will be fast enough!) Also, did it have to be putrid green?? (ooh, apparently not) What about all those nice imac colours? But the bit I really really like?

Instead of [...] folders and a desktop, users [...] work on an electronic journal....

[...] comes with a web browser, word processor and RSS reader, for accessing the web feeds that so many sites now offer.

"[...] children are being trained to use Word, Excel and PowerPoint, [..] should be making things, communicating, exploring, sharing, not running office automation tools."

Apparently "trial versions of the operating system in development can be downloaded to be tested out by technically-minded computer users around the world." Sugar, anyone?



Updated 12th January: buy 2 get 1 - like it.

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