By Jo Best
Published: Tuesday 15 November 2005
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Name
Finder
Location
California
Occupation
Architect
Comment
A laptop and an OS is a great idea....
but what will you do with just an OS? Program the next great Linux shareware?
OS X has first rate apps that are accessible to and usable by kids to actually do things. But maybe with the system capabilities, low RAM, etc., will only support file navigation and other simple OS tasks....
not only cheap ,it also has to be withstand long w...
chan keng yik
Unbelievable. They turn down the best OS in the wo...
Anonymous
These guys are just LINUX bigots. Or they are unaw...
thomas Barta
Well, how long before they throw those things into...
Ben Ames
A laptop and an OS is a great idea....
but what w...
Finder
It is all politics.
You will see the 100 dollar...
David van Deinse
So I guess every child in the world is destined to...
Jason
Yes! that is B coz they don't want to rob the kids...
poorkid
Didn't Apple ought to offer a few dollars per mach...
Duncan Latimer
The potential of millions of these things being di...
Anonymous
Idiot.
MacOSX is built on top of the open sourc...
Dave Edwards
Worthy though this endeavour might be, I can't hel...
Water Aid
This is from the MIT MEDIA LAB @
http://laptop.m...
John Browning
Don't fret do something about it. Sign a petition...
Anonymous
For those who want to see Macs in the hands of chi...
Anonymous
So what are they supposed to do Install Windows or...
Linux USer
So it's not for sale - only another NGO handout. H...
Anonymous
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