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Evangolis
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on: March 04, 2007, 08:03:38 PM

Sorry, not what you want to read, just couldn't resist the title.  You've heard the story before, the idea to design $100 hand powered laptops for third world children.  Point is, the UI is getting press as being really innovative, having done away with the desktop idea for a more people-oriented metaphor, which makes sense if dealing with a furniture-optional culture.

Now I have to wonder how much one of these would cost in an unsubsidized version?  I wouldn't mind a couple hundred for a durable, hand cranked laptop I could use anywhere, even if it just did .txt documents.

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schild
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Reply #1 on: March 05, 2007, 04:10:56 AM



I'm sorry. But that's a fucking desktop.

If it smells like duck and tastes like duck, it doesn't need to look like duck to be duck.
Murgos
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Reply #2 on: March 05, 2007, 07:03:46 AM

If you click on the little guy who is X'd out in the middle of the screen does it kill the user?

Cause then I could see why it's so cool.

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Nebu
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Reply #3 on: March 05, 2007, 08:09:20 AM

If you click on the little guy who is X'd out in the middle of the screen does it kill the user?

Cause then I could see why it's so cool.

/agree

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