Personally, I look at this as pretty brave, but the measures in place will likely deter the average student from mucking around with them, and those who have the skills to circumvent them easily are probably less likely to mess them up anyway. Lenovo has a good rep for a solid build quality too -- a much better choice for year 9 - 12 than some "rugged" but stripped down kids toy.
Probably the most bold thing here is CS4 on a atom with 2GB ram.
I think this is an example of how the GPU is much more suited for image analysis. I'd be very interested in exactly how this was managed on a XO!
I have an 8 year old mac running at 733MHz, but it has a 9800 ATI which allows it to do real time image effects with my webcam while also only using about 60% cpu.
See http://www.samkass.com/blog/page4/page4.html for some examples of what one person has done using webcams.
Its using the Quartz Composer from apple developer tools.
Edit: I found out about the XO:
http://eclecti.cc/olpc/pixel-perfect-collision-between-real-and-virtual-objects
Seems its' just really efficient code!
...So, let's just start with what we have. What did this do to you? Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity so be honest. How do you feel?
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes)
Sorry, it's just my second favourite film. ever.
Seriously though, I like how gimp is no longer cloning photoshop, but seems to be heading in it's own path. I haven't heard much of GIMP for the last couple of years, and I don't use it myself, so this seems like a large jump to me.
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Personally, I look at this as pretty brave, but the measures in place will likely deter the average student from mucking around with them, and those who have the skills to circumvent them easily are probably less likely to mess them up anyway. Lenovo has a good rep for a solid build quality too -- a much better choice for year 9 - 12 than some "rugged" but stripped down kids toy. Probably the most bold thing here is CS4 on a atom with 2GB ram.
Whoa.. wait.. i'm seeing little red flags going up everywhere...
I think this is an example of how the GPU is much more suited for image analysis. I'd be very interested in exactly how this was managed on a XO! I have an 8 year old mac running at 733MHz, but it has a 9800 ATI which allows it to do real time image effects with my webcam while also only using about 60% cpu. See http://www.samkass.com/blog/page4/page4.html for some examples of what one person has done using webcams. Its using the Quartz Composer from apple developer tools. Edit: I found out about the XO: http://eclecti.cc/olpc/pixel-perfect-collision-between-real-and-virtual-objects Seems its' just really efficient code!
...So, let's just start with what we have. What did this do to you? Tell me. And remember, this is for posterity so be honest. How do you feel? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/quotes) Sorry, it's just my second favourite film. ever. Seriously though, I like how gimp is no longer cloning photoshop, but seems to be heading in it's own path. I haven't heard much of GIMP for the last couple of years, and I don't use it myself, so this seems like a large jump to me.