$250 isn't really cheap enough, but it's a good improvement over $400 + monitor...
most people already own the TV, so this funcioning as a TV as well doesn't really help much.
people here still buy Pentium 100's and win95/98 and somehow make it work, for some $150, though they're somewhat hard to find.
the posters above are correct; many poor families invest heavily in a computer as it's seen as an investment in the children's education. same in any country, including the US
It's an interesting exercise to study just how much OSS is actually helping corporations, who already use it in one form or another, and individuals, people at home.
Especially those on the wrong side of the tracks, or the border lines, affected by the "digital divide".
I tried installing Linux for internet access on an old P5, just the way it was, without changing any hardware.
Winmodems are what the poor have. They don't work on Linux. Ethernet is what corporations have. It works.
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$250 isn't really cheap enough, but it's a good improvement over $400 + monitor...
most people already own the TV, so this funcioning as a TV as well doesn't really help much.
people here still buy Pentium 100's and win95/98 and somehow make it work, for some $150, though they're somewhat hard to find.
the posters above are correct; many poor families invest heavily in a computer as it's seen as an investment in the children's education. same in any country, including the US
It's an interesting exercise to study just how much OSS is actually helping corporations, who already use it in one form or another, and individuals, people at home.
Especially those on the wrong side of the tracks, or the border lines, affected by the "digital divide".
I tried installing Linux for internet access on an old P5, just the way it was, without changing any hardware.
Winmodems are what the poor have. They don't work on Linux.
Ethernet is what corporations have. It works.
I moved to Brazil. That fixed the problem, for now at least.