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Working Model of MIT $100 Laptop a Hit

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the encheapening dept.

capt turnpike writes "The One Laptop per Child association and its chairman, MIT Media Labs's Nicholas Negroponte, unvelied a working model of their $100 laptop at the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange (MITX) show, and the little laptop that might was a hit. It's got a version of Fedora Linux, is rugged, and each unit will work as part of a wireless mesh automatically. From the article: "However, as Negroponte put it in his address, One Laptop per Child isn't all about the laptops. The main goal is to tap into the ability of every child to toss away a manual and figure out how to make gadgets work on their own, thus helping children help themselves to learn." eWEEK.com also has photos."

5 of 440 comments (clear)

  1. Food? by daeg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm sure what these starving, malnourished children across the third world will enjoy trying to eat these plastic and metal monstrosities.

  2. FUCK YOUR CSS BULLSHIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FUCK the new layout
    FUCK YOU slashdot

    im out

  3. ABUSE! Please destroy parent post by dildo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm assuming this is a joke. It is in very poor taste. Grow up,
    you're not shocking anyone.

  4. Re:ABUSE! Please destroy parent post by 2008 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "you're not shocking anyone."

    Says Mr Dildo.

    --
    I quit!
  5. Re:Division by hackwrench · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought I hit preview, but it submitted it. However with this post, it's been doing preview eash time, so bleh!