Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 198.8.4.24]
on January 23, 2008 05:27 PM
... when they are used, by children, in the environment for which they are made, areas where access to traditional computers is very limited (especially for children), where electric power is not taken for granted, where internet connections are existing, but not very common.
When this happens, the beauty of the OLPC, super battery life, mesh networking, intuitive interface, and fun factor, will shine through. You put this in the hands of a couple hundred school children in the same town or village, where there are maybe a half dozen connected to the internet, and they discover through mesh networking they are connected to each other and the internet, even though they are outside because it is too hot to stay inside (or their power is off or whatever) and they can work and play together easily, you won't pry that OLPC out of their hands for a free high powered laptop because it would be just as out of place for them as an OLPC is for much of the Western world.
Most of the reviews I have read focus on things like the keyboard is to small, or it doesn't use windows so it doesn't cut it for business, or the interface is confusing (ie it is not windows) or the screen is to small, or it looks like a toy, and it just doesn't have the features that a laptop costing little more. Well of course not, it wasn't designed for that market.
I think it was a good decision to severely limit OLPC sales in the US, because the OLPC really isn't made for an area with good internet access, reliable power and good access to to relatively powerful computers.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 198.8.4.24] on January 23, 2008 05:27 PMWhen this happens, the beauty of the OLPC, super battery life, mesh networking, intuitive interface, and fun factor, will shine through. You put this in the hands of a couple hundred school children in the same town or village, where there are maybe a half dozen connected to the internet, and they discover through mesh networking they are connected to each other and the internet, even though they are outside because it is too hot to stay inside (or their power is off or whatever) and they can work and play together easily, you won't pry that OLPC out of their hands for a free high powered laptop because it would be just as out of place for them as an OLPC is for much of the Western world.
Most of the reviews I have read focus on things like the keyboard is to small, or it doesn't use windows so it doesn't cut it for business, or the interface is confusing (ie it is not windows) or the screen is to small, or it looks like a toy, and it just doesn't have the features that a laptop costing little more. Well of course not, it wasn't designed for that market.
I think it was a good decision to severely limit OLPC sales in the US, because the OLPC really isn't made for an area with good internet access, reliable power and good access to to relatively powerful computers.
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