Comments on: PCs for the poor http://mike01s.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/pcs-for-the-poor/ Searching for happiness, or truth, or fulfillment, or...AND...anything air racing Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:14:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: serega http://mike01s.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/pcs-for-the-poor/#comment-8142 serega Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:52:52 +0000 http://mike01s.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/pcs-for-the-poor/#comment-8142 <a href="http://index1.yourhal.com" rel="nofollow">pos yourgirls</a> pos yourgirls

]]> By: wayan http://mike01s.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/pcs-for-the-poor/#comment-236 wayan Sun, 03 Dec 2006 00:32:11 +0000 http://mike01s.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/pcs-for-the-poor/#comment-236 Don't be fooled by the fanciful $100 price tag. Its more like a <a href="http://www.olpcnews.com/sales_talk/price/the_real_cost_of_the.html" rel="nofollow">thousand dollar laptop</a> once you factor in all the implementation costs. Or if you stick with the $100 and multiply out to the size OLPC is dreaming of, its $30 Billion dollars a year. Don’t be fooled by the fanciful $100 price tag. Its more like a thousand dollar laptop once you factor in all the implementation costs.

Or if you stick with the $100 and multiply out to the size OLPC is dreaming of, its $30 Billion dollars a year.

]]> By: witzgeek http://mike01s.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/pcs-for-the-poor/#comment-235 witzgeek Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:03:28 +0000 http://mike01s.wordpress.com/2006/12/01/pcs-for-the-poor/#comment-235 The school district that I'm in here in Pennsylvania gives a laptop to every Junior that makes it into their Senior year for free. They then get to keep the laptop if they graduate with a 3.0 or higher, no strings attached. I know this is true because my neighbor works for the school district AND my school taxes keep going up every year there are more children in the Junior/Senior classes. I'm in agreement that you can't give laptops to third world countries before they have food, clean drinking water, and most importantly electricity. After all, laptop batteries unfortunately have a lot to live up to if you think they will last more than a few hours at most. My honest opinion though, laptops for everyone is way down the list when you consider health, sanitation, disease, famine, poverty, etc., etc. That's my two cents. The school district that I’m in here in Pennsylvania gives a laptop to every Junior that makes it into their Senior year for free. They then get to keep the laptop if they graduate with a 3.0 or higher, no strings attached. I know this is true because my neighbor works for the school district AND my school taxes keep going up every year there are more children in the Junior/Senior classes.

I’m in agreement that you can’t give laptops to third world countries before they have food, clean drinking water, and most importantly electricity. After all, laptop batteries unfortunately have a lot to live up to if you think they will last more than a few hours at most.

My honest opinion though, laptops for everyone is way down the list when you consider health, sanitation, disease, famine, poverty, etc., etc. That’s my two cents.

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