Rollup PC was a "No-No"
Slack Rat
slackrat-GANU6spQydw at public.gmane.org
Thu Sep 29 16:58:58 UTC 2011
Scott Sullivan a écrit profondement:
| If they actually manage to ship it, great. But it's been a while since
| it was announced. They also have to hit rather high volumes to bring the
| price that low, something they aren't doing yet.
the One Laptop Per Child XO, many do regret the $100 moniker of it.
| It was a worthy goal price, and at an average production cost $150 they
| came far closer then most anyone else. But people still hold them to the
| $100 as if they failed.
| The now over a Million Kids who's lives have been improved by the
| existence of the projects surrounding his platform certainly don't care.
| It's already bought them better futures.
Thanks Scott.
I travel very often and am fed up of transporting "LapTops", etc..
So I'm on the lookout for a cheap - Won't be Happy but not too Upset if
it gets stolen - tiny box that I can put a basic Slack system on. Like
packages "A"(system-essential, "L"(Lib) and "N"(Net), which will allow
me to connect to my servers in France, etc.
Searching around, it does appear that there's lots of VapourWare out there
but not too much in the "Here and Now" as you pointed out.
So I'm going to buy a cheap machine from.
http://www.chinabuye.com/mini-7inch-laptop-lcd-win-ce-via-vt8650-600mhz-2gb-hd-wifi-netbook
and see how that works out.
I tested ChinaBuye out last week, buying a 4 band, dual SIM
portable/cell phone and a pair of binoculars with built in camera, both
of which items I need, or more realistically want, for $72 the lot,
shipped, insured and tracked, and am happy with the products and the
ChinaBuye Company itself.
So there not apparently being anything I can handle before I buy, I'm
going to stick my neck out for the above, or similar, box which will
cost less than $75 (Shipping free, but insurance and tracking cost
$2 - $3)
(Incidentally they downscale the price and ship it as a "Gift" too).
Thanks for your response.
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