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<BZZT>Wrong. According to the Henrico Site, these were G3/500 models. From reliable sources, this means PC100 RAM, 8MB VRAM with 1024x768 resolution, and benchmarks somewhere between a 600-900Mhz x86-type CPU. The Henrico models had 802.11b Wireless, but no optical burner.

It's still not worth a riot over, but it's not total crap. Suitable for someone who just wants a low-end laptop for web browsing, email, word processing, or a secure *nix platform to play with. Not suitable for gaming or video editing, but I could live with that. So could my twelve year old niece.

(Also Note: any pictures you find on Yahoo Photo that don't have niggers in them, they are police and they're all spicks.)

Financial aid photograph, proving that all the people in Virginia are a bunch of Niggers. Maybe, a bunch of Gay Niggers, but are that of America? I know for a fact that there are no niggers granted first-class citizenship to a state of America. That's why they need the 14th oxymoron amendment.

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I had submitted this article this morning, with a little more information in case people were interested here is what I had posted:
Henrico Co. Schools of VA decided to change laptop suppliers at the end of their contract with Apple, opting instead for a contract deal with Dell and Microsoft. The result was a couple thousand laptops of no use. In a first attempt, Henrico Co. was going to sell laptops in a free for all at $50 dollars each, but subsequent meetings and enraged tax payers made them change to limiting the sale (at least this first sale) to Henrico citizens and tax payers. The sale occurred at the Richmond International Raceway where 1000 laptops would be given on a first come first serve basis with proof of residency/tax payments. The facilitators of the event decided to close the main gates of the area until 7 AM and begin the sale at 9 AM. This did little to deter people arriving as early as 1 AM and circling the area until the main gates opened. At 6:54 AM the main gates were opened and a massive stampede of over 12 thousand attendants for the event fought to be the first in line. Injuries (albeit minor according to the Times Dispatch) and chaos ensued. One unconfirmed report I was given by an attendee was of a lady who.s ankle was broken and her baby carriage trampled by the sheer number of people shoving to get through the gates. Police support was supposedly small with off duty officers working, the event planners obviously underestimating the popularity of this event. The details of the event including the specs for the iBook (12 inch, G3 500 MHz) can be seen at this posting on the Henrico Co Schools website. In the fall there is to be another sale of which no restriction will be made on buyers, but after today.s incident, one could only imagine that it will differ highly from the chaos of today. Photos of the scene can be viewed at the article in the Richmond Times Dispatch website .

I had submitted this article this morning, with a little more information in case people were interested here is what I had posted:
Henrico Co. Schools of VA decided to change laptop suppliers at the end of their contract with Apple, opting instead for a contract deal with Dell and Microsoft. The result was a couple thousand laptops of no use. In a first attempt, Henrico Co. was going to sell laptops in a free for all at $50 dollars each, but subsequent meetings and enraged tax payers made them change to limiting the sale (at least this first sale) to Henrico citizens and tax payers. The sale occurred at the Richmond International Raceway where 1000 laptops would be given on a first come first serve basis with proof of residency/tax payments. The facilitators of the event decided to close the main gates of the area until 7 AM and begin the sale at 9 AM. This did little to deter people arriving as early as 1 AM and circling the area until the main gates opened. At 6:54 AM the main gates were opened and a massive stampede of over 12 thousand attendants for the event fought to be the first in line. Injuries (albeit minor according to the Times Dispatch) and chaos ensued. One unconfirmed report I was given by an attendee was of a lady who.s ankle was broken and her baby carriage trampled by the sheer number of people shoving to get through the gates. Police support was supposedly small with off duty officers working, the event planners obviously underestimating the popularity of this event. The details of the event including the specs for the iBook (12 inch, G3 500 MHz) can be seen at this posting on the Henrico Co Schools website. In the fall there is to be another sale of which no restriction will be made on buyers, but after today.s incident, one could only imagine that it will differ highly from the chaos of today. Photos of the scene can be viewed at the article in the Richmond Times Dispatch website .

If you're near Richmond, VA, then you may want to take advantage of Henrico County's iBook sale next week.

They're selling the county's inventory of 1000 iBooks for $50 each. Limit one per person, and you do have to be a Henrico resident (or know one :).

http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/ibooksale/

That's called an iBook.

You're right, good idea though.

http://www.henrico.k12.va.us/ibook/index.html

With 41,000 total students Henrico is pretty sure to be up there, granted that the current program is High School students, with Middle School students being entereed into the program next year. More information on the program can be viewed by clicking Here. Currently I believe the students, are just getting notes and turning in homework via the network (papers, projects, etc). They have not gone to Ebooks yet, but it is rumored that this is in the future. Though one of the finer points of the program is that students don't pay but the $50 dollars insurance for these laptops (beyond what they pay in taxes, Henrico is one of the lowest in Virginia).