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Kids Review the OLPC

Posted by kdawson on from the mouths-of-babes dept.

A. N. Onymous sends us to OLPCNews for an account of kids' reactions to the OLPC XO, and comments: "My first impression is, it's just like when you give a kid a box of Lego." The video of a 10-year-old and his younger sister replacing a mobo is pretty cool.

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  1. Chinese kids are even cheaper. by nick_davison · · Score: 5, Informative

    The video of a 10-year-old and his younger sister replacing a mobo is pretty cool. Correction: The muted video of a 10-year-old and his younger sister being blatantly directed on exactly what to do by the pair of adult hands that keep entering the video to catch things they do wrong (including almost dropping it at one point) and apparently updating the instructions for them that they're evidently not doing on their own implies OLPC has learned what Nike figured out twenty years ago: kids make the best slave labor.
  2. Re:Amazing concept by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Are you ignorant or just stupid?
    How about to pump water, the basic necessity of life? Or running a generator for electricity? Without electricity your day is basically over as soon as the sun sets. How about for a small tractor to aid in farming the land? Etc, etc, etc...........

  3. Re:Amazing concept by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    You shouldn't look at taking a motherboard apart as a skill that can be utilized in the future, but rather something that gives a child inspiration to do what they love, and learn exciting new things without any type of fear or hesitation.

  4. Re:spare mobo's by gradedcheese · · Score: 4, Informative

    That 'plague' has to do with electrolytic capacitors. Please take a look at this image:

    http://wiki.laptop.org/images/1/10/Proto-a-front.j pg

    Note the near-absence of electrolytic caps, especially the junky through-hole ones you find on your typical motherboard.

  5. Re:Amazing concept by mrvan · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hey, and at least they can now look up on the internet how to repair a two stroke engine!