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Psychotic_Carp
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Topic: MIT Released the $100 laptop
Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:28am

I cant get to the site yet (getting slammed)
http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop

here are some pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete/sets/72057594143224765/

*edit*

a working link

http://www.laptop.org/index.en_US.html

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inkspot
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Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:32am

Looks crapy.

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Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:33am

Originally posted by inkspot

Looks crapy.

join the fugly club

http://viewaskew.com/theboard/viewtopic.php?p=1569098#156909 8

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Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:42am

But then again, if this would go into education level. Like, school lends every pupil that laptop, you would save tons of paper, that means forests will be saved.

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Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:50am

And isn't most of the money that is made is given to charity?
So it's a double win.

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Posted: 24 May 2006 at 4:24pm

Im wondering how many of them will use it for useful things like learning and not for porn.

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Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:19am

I think this laptop is too crapy for quality porn.

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Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:23am

Ehh.... I think I'll stick to my computer.

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Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:56am

They're not for retail sale.

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Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:59am

''built in wireless'' goddamnit.. do they have that much reach in africa? i mean.. to get every mile covered you'd need like a bajillion antennas.

plus. they'd download soldat, or some other game, and get addicted

is there some place to get its specs? (barrey last after a minute uf winding, hd space, videocard, etc) ??

edit: i meant ''battery last, after a minute of winding up the thing'' yay for sleepy typos

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Posted: 25 May 2006 at 7:15am

I swear wind up things are reeeaaly expensive. I mean, obviously not as expensive as making a nuclear power plant but... normal torches are like, £10, and wind up ones are almost £70. Although i spose what it gains in price from windupping power it loses from with orange plastic! Yeyz!

Looks like a good idea.

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Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:24pm

Originally posted by snader

''built in wireless'' goddamnit.. do they have that much reach in africa? i mean.. to get every mile covered you'd need like a bajillion antennas.

plus. they'd download soldat, or some other game, and get addicted

is there some place to get its specs? (barrey last after a minute uf winding, hd space, videocard, etc) ??

edit: i meant ''battery last, after a minute of winding up the thing'' yay for sleepy typos

The network will be ad-hoc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhoc

There is no hard drive, its not made for gaming its made for them to be bale to access the world

someone needs to read the FAQ

What is the $100 Laptop, really?
The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, with a dual-mode display—both a full-color, transmissive DVD mode, and a second display option that is black and white reflective and sunlight-readable at 3× the resolution. The laptop will have a 500MHz processor and 128MB of DRAM, with 500MB of Flash memory; it will not have a hard disk, but it will have four USB ports. The laptops will have wireless broadband that, among other things, allows them to work as a mesh network; each laptop will be able to talk to its nearest neighbors, creating an ad hoc, local area network. The laptops will use innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of data

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Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:46pm

It's made solely for minimal educational use in developing countries. It's impressive really. I love the incorporation of a hand crank/battery pack thing in the original prototype models and I'm not sure if they kept that feature (I'm sure they have them seperate, but in the original concepts they were the same unit that slid into the joint connecting the screen and keyboard), but I thought it was clever.

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Psychotic_Carp Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1008	Topic: MIT Released the $100 laptop Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:28am
	I cant get to the site yet (getting slammed) http://www.pledgebank.com/100laptop here are some pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete/sets/72057594143224765/ edit a working link http://www.laptop.org/index.en_US.html Edited by Psychotic_Carp
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inkspot Commander Joined: 05 May 2005 Location: Estonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 452	Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:32am
	Looks crapy.

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Psychotic_Carp Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1008	Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:33am
	*Originally posted by inkspot* Looks crapy. join the fugly club http://viewaskew.com/theboard/viewtopic.php?p=1569098#156909 8
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inkspot Commander Joined: 05 May 2005 Location: Estonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 452	Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:42am
	But then again, if this would go into education level. Like, school lends every pupil that laptop, you would save tons of paper, that means forests will be saved.

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Souly Commander Joined: 13 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2451	Posted: 24 May 2006 at 8:50am
	And isn't most of the money that is made is given to charity? So it's a double win.
	I am the jesus of PJ.
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Psychotic_Carp Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1008	Posted: 24 May 2006 at 4:24pm
	Im wondering how many of them will use it for useful things like learning and not for porn.
	got game?
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inkspot Commander Joined: 05 May 2005 Location: Estonia Online Status: Offline Posts: 452	Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:19am
	I think this laptop is too crapy for quality porn.

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Skull Commander PJ Pioneer Joined: 03 August 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1521	Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:23am
	Ehh.... I think I'll stick to my computer.

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Souly Commander Joined: 13 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2451	Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:56am
	They're not for retail sale.
	I am the jesus of PJ.
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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 05 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:59am
	''built in wireless'' goddamnit.. do they have that much reach in africa? i mean.. to get every mile covered you'd need like a bajillion antennas. plus. they'd download soldat, or some other game, and get addicted is there some place to get its specs? (barrey last after a minute uf winding, hd space, videocard, etc) ?? edit: i meant ''battery last, after a minute of winding up the thing'' yay for sleepy typos Edited by snader
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 25 May 2006 at 7:15am
	I swear wind up things are reeeaaly expensive. I mean, obviously not as expensive as making a nuclear power plant but... normal torches are like, £10, and wind up ones are almost £70. Although i spose what it gains in price from windupping power it loses from with orange plastic! Yeyz! Looks like a good idea.

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Psychotic_Carp Commander Joined: 02 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1008	Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:24pm
	*Originally posted by snader* ''built in wireless'' goddamnit.. do they have that much reach in africa? i mean.. to get every mile covered you'd need like a bajillion antennas. plus. they'd download soldat, or some other game, and get addicted is there some place to get its specs? (barrey last after a minute uf winding, hd space, videocard, etc) ?? edit: i meant ''battery last, after a minute of winding up the thing'' yay for sleepy typos The network will be ad-hoc http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhoc There is no hard drive, its not made for gaming its made for them to be bale to access the world someone needs to read the FAQ What is the $100 Laptop, really? The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, with a dual-mode display—both a full-color, transmissive DVD mode, and a second display option that is black and white reflective and sunlight-readable at 3× the resolution. The laptop will have a 500MHz processor and 128MB of DRAM, with 500MB of Flash memory; it will not have a hard disk, but it will have four USB ports. The laptops will have wireless broadband that, among other things, allows them to work as a mesh network; each laptop will be able to talk to its nearest neighbors, creating an ad hoc, local area network. The laptops will use innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of data Edited by Psychotic_Carp
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Blick Commander Joined: 21 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 389	Posted: 25 May 2006 at 6:46pm
	It's made solely for minimal educational use in developing countries. It's impressive really. I love the incorporation of a hand crank/battery pack thing in the original prototype models and I'm not sure if they kept that feature (I'm sure they have them seperate, but in the original concepts they were the same unit that slid into the joint connecting the screen and keyboard), but I thought it was clever.

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