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...did you evaluate and write a comprehensive review on OLPC?

I must have missed it.
Posted by: D. T. Schmitz   Posted on: 06/06/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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By any chance  D. T. Schmitz | 06/06/07
No I haven't. I just spent 15 minutes with it at CTIA  georgeou | 06/06/07
You seem to forget all of the features build into the OLPC that the Intel  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Come on George, do your research. Convince you are not Dan Quayle.  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
he can't  balaknair | 06/07/07
Intel and ASUS would be wise NOT to use the Sugar OS  georgeou | 06/07/07
George, DO YOUR RESEARCH. With what hardware did they achieve a 15 second  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
OK, but who decided those are "the important things"?  Absolutely | 11/08/07
"my honest assessment" - problem is its not an assessment - NT  raycote | 06/07/07
It would be nice...  D. T. Schmitz | 06/07/07
When I get more information, I will  georgeou | 06/07/07
What on earth are you talking about?  wolfgangleithner@... | 06/08/07
While we're on the subject of what does not compare ...  Absolutely | 11/08/07
so...you've dissed the OLPC with NO information  mdsmedia | 06/08/07
Oh that was superb!...Zing...  D. T. Schmitz | 06/08/07
Thumbs up!  NonZealot | 06/06/07
He-he, a little laughter for the afternoon is good  georgeou | 06/06/07
Define honest please  obecerra@... | 07/11/07
A question about Eee PC  Tony Agudo | 06/06/07
I'm trying to find out. NT  georgeou | 06/06/07
Think I may have found the answer  Tony Agudo | 06/06/07
Sweet, that's a killer price  georgeou | 06/06/07
OK!  kvo | 06/07/07
I'd most likely run what it comes with, Linux  georgeou | 06/07/07
It has Linux, by default? Interesting surprise  Tony Agudo | 06/07/07
If you think about it, the Eee could threaten Microsoft  georgeou | 06/07/07
15 seconds?! I'm sold now  Tony Agudo | 06/08/07
Come on George...  jasonp@... | 06/08/07
This is bomb shell !  Prognosticator | 06/07/07
See my post about OLPC "Wannabes"  dumptux | 06/07/07
Third world can't use the OLPC  georgeou | 06/07/07
True, I guess  dragosani | 06/07/07
George, do you realize how stupid that statement was?? Feed them for life??  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Unless...  jasonp@... | 06/08/07
Not true, ask someone real to check your answer  obecerra@... | 07/11/07
Stop and take a deep breath. There is a TARGET of $200 coming off the  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Right, a stripped down model MIGHT start as low as $200.  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
You mean like the OLPC?  FatherJ | 07/03/07
If it's $200 per unit to consumers, ...  mwagner@... | 06/07/07
Again, Intel has NOT come out and told us the components and manufacturing  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Eee cost $400-600  charbax@... | 06/07/07
And you know all that by looking at the photo eh?  georgeou | 06/07/07
He probably looked it up on the intarweb  nucrash | 06/07/07
Insensitive  T1Oracle | 06/07/07
You should check my background before calling me insinsitive  georgeou | 06/07/07
George, starting out in a humbe environment does not suddenly give you the  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
hey girlie boy,  zzz1234567890 | 06/07/07
It is an insult to say the only thing we should do is feed them and give  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
He was right  Ole Man | 06/07/07
It's not about your background  T1Oracle | 06/07/07
The desert might be a good case for a sealed laptop  georgeou | 06/07/07
How about anywhere there are kids involved? You need something that does  DonnieBoy | 06/08/07
Why not just say that you are out of touch with reality?  B.O.F.H. | 06/09/07
way off target  waltmaine | 06/07/07
But, will sell them for $200? Is $200 sustainable? We need a computer that  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Tell us about your Education degrees, George  dumptux | 06/07/07
Look here  georgeou | 06/07/07
The Great and Powerful Ou  jacarter3 | 06/07/07
You're making wild guesses  georgeou | 06/07/07
I wonder  dragosani | 06/07/07
You're confusing University degrees for Primary school  georgeou | 06/07/07
Sounds pretty bigoted to me.  jacarter3 | 06/07/07
My fault  dragosani | 06/07/07
George, you background does NOT give you the right to be insensitive to  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
I've tried Classmate and Asus 7" laptop  charbax@... | 06/07/07
Excellent videos  Tony Agudo | 06/07/07
Good thing!  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Oh and last time I checked, ASUS made these  georgeou | 06/07/07
LOL. Take him to school George!!! (nt)  James T. Kirk | 06/07/07
How do you know?  waltmaine | 06/07/07
Last time I checked, Intel is not in the business of losing money  georgeou | 06/07/07
Come on DO YOUR RESEARCH. Is the $200 a reatail target for 2015??? Or, is  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Why are you ranting like a maniac.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/07/07
he isn't ranting he's being totally rational  stevey_d | 06/07/07
"not in the business of losing money"  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Ok George, do you research, call Intel and ask what the production cost is,  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Even if...  lenohere | 06/07/07
We are only asking for real verified numbers, not speculation.  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Intel is not at all planning to mass produce cheap laptops  charbax@... | 06/07/07
Then they should make that clear, and not write letters to countries  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
The man in the know  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Donnie, please, stop using "We" like you're  mdsmedia | 06/08/07
I thought he had a french turd in his pocket  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/07
And for good reason!  Ole Man | 06/07/07
ohhh the poor diddums!!  mdsmedia | 06/08/07
George, please, it's "LOSE"!!  mdsmedia | 06/08/07
Asus is doing the legwork...  johnfatz@... | 06/09/07
Message has been deleted.  ballmerrules@... | 06/07/07
Yet another Spam from you for your half-assed blog.....  James T. Kirk | 06/07/07
The more he says  Ole Man | 06/07/07
When will these be available to the general public?  JJ_z | 06/07/07
They say it will be  georgeou | 06/07/07
In that case, change the title of your article.  mdsmedia | 06/08/07
For Shame  B_SELLEG@... | 06/07/07
Bingo!  Linux User 147560 | 06/07/07
Anyone can design a $200 traditional laptop  raindog469 | 06/07/07
Where did 'this competes with OLPC' come from?  shis-ka-bob | 06/07/07
Look here  georgeou | 06/07/07
Take you background and shove it. That does not give you a right to  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Don't tell me what I can say  georgeou | 06/07/07
And we are free to call you on it when you make stupid insensitive  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
I have been on George about this  dragosani | 06/07/07
But, George insults others, and then hides behind his background. So, I  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Yes  dragosani | 06/07/07
And, that is another thing, THEY CAN NOT SELL THEM, THEY STOP WORKING  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Except that the question was...  mdsmedia | 06/08/07
His background gives him insight  dragosani | 06/07/07
His background doe not make him an expert in education, and does NOT  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
I agree  dragosani | 06/07/07
and they'll be able to write their own books and share them  stevey_d | 06/07/07
"artificially propped up"?????????????????????  Ole Man | 06/07/07
WHat bothers me is . . .  JLHenry | 06/09/07
What is your education and background in education?  B.O.F.H. | 06/09/07
These "are you beating your wife questions" are stupid  georgeou | 06/09/07
Could not address your lack of an educational background?  B.O.F.H. | 06/09/07
Do you even have enough decency to avoid attacking someone?s family?  georgeou | 06/09/07
Apparently others agree with me about your biases...  B.O.F.H. | 06/09/07
If only...  lenohere | 06/07/07
Your logic is lost  Ole Man | 06/07/07
You have that rigth.. Reality Sux doesn't it...  lenohere | 06/08/07
"Reality Sux"  Ole Man | 06/08/07
I think this was probably a case of some engineers saying ...  brcowan@... | 06/07/07
Tactile Feedback and OLPC  dragosani | 06/07/07
Bringing in Western Bias?  TripleII | 06/07/07
Agree Whole Heartedly  kwokyinchan@... | 06/07/07
Ou may not be old enough  raindog469 | 06/07/07
You are comparing an ultramobile PC with the OLPC device?  B.O.F.H. | 06/07/07
Internet connection  Anton Philidor | 06/07/07
Good find.  odubtaig | 06/07/07
4GB is more than enough if you clean out the uninstall files  georgeou | 06/07/07
In the target markets, price is a HUGE factor.  CobraA1 | 06/07/07
Who's paying?  James T. Kirk | 06/07/07
The heck with the end user...  Confused by religion | 06/07/07
lol  James T. Kirk | 06/07/07
True, true  CobraA1 | 06/07/07
I see your point  James T. Kirk | 06/07/07
Cheap Hardware Is NOT Inexpensive!  gafisher@... | 06/07/07
Fantastic that more are jumping in on the idea.  Narg | 06/07/07
Truth be told, I might buy one  raindog469 | 06/07/07
Money would be better spent giving them consistent power and clean water  georgeou | 06/07/07
George, that is so stupid. Should we feed them and their children forever??  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
so how does that make the ASUS/Intel machine better.....  mdsmedia | 06/08/07
Only thing worse than a kid without a computer is a kid without food  georgeou | 06/07/07
So, do we NEVER spend money on education untill there are no hungry kids in  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
"We"????  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/07/07
I had no text books in 1st and 2nd grade  georgeou | 06/07/07
in other words, all have to learn in the same way as george  stevey_d | 06/07/07
Never said that. Just that every time people try to teach using computers,  georgeou | 06/07/07
I sort of agree, but that doesn't make a case for the Asus  stevey_d | 06/08/07
A bitter man  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Personal attacks don't help your cause.  georgeou | 06/07/07
I did not attack you personally  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Also, India isn't stupid  georgeou | 06/07/07
because india think they can make the olpc for $10  stevey_d | 06/07/07
India is not a person  Ole Man | 06/07/07
OLPC is for developing countries, NOT your office!  billsen@... | 06/07/07
At least he got to make fun of Apple. *rolls eyes* [nt]  olePigeon | 06/07/07
Well, they'd also do well for....  James T. Kirk | 06/07/07
George, I'm surprised at you...  Old Timer 8080 | 06/07/07
George Is Not a Responsible Journalist  kwokyinchan@... | 06/07/07
*Waiting for Defending Comments*  jhhicks@... | 06/07/07
Look up top....  James T. Kirk | 06/07/07
Part of blogging is you need to take the heat. With blogging, there is  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Not at all  James T. Kirk | 06/07/07
Now wait a minute. George was not polite at all with the title, and his  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
George uses personal attacks as well  dragosani | 06/07/07
That's because you don't know anything about me  georgeou | 06/07/07
You are rigth...  lenohere | 06/07/07
so Asus is also unhelpful to education  stevey_d | 06/07/07
Have you patented this response?  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Then you aren't capable of providing an objective review  teddybairs1 | 06/07/07
Nothing subjective here  georgeou | 06/07/07
There you go...  D. T. Schmitz | 06/07/07
His goal seems to be...  jasonp@... | 06/08/07
Win2003 boots in 15 seconds after the post  georgeou | 06/08/07
1 Second???  jasonp@... | 06/09/07
You said Acrobat load times, that doesn't include a file  georgeou | 06/09/07
Ok, George...  jasonp@... | 06/10/07
Killer?  fredblotnic | 06/07/07
This is what it is suppose to do  doc.two@... | 06/07/07
George Gu, Please Do Your Research  kwokyinchan@... | 06/07/07
To be fair ...  gafisher@... | 06/07/07
There is a lesson here.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/07/07
It's not perfect for third world, though  Tony Agudo | 06/07/07
Thank you for pointing that out..  Been_Done_Before | 06/07/07
When something isn't commercially viable, it's doomed to failure  georgeou | 06/07/07
Why?  dragosani | 06/07/07
Money doesn't produce good education  georgeou | 06/07/07
Who is kidding whom?  dragosani | 06/07/07
Not True  TrustMe_z | 06/07/07
Georg's rules  Ole Man | 06/07/07
It wasnt meant to stand on its own... thats why they went cheap  Been_Done_Before | 06/08/07
Ahh, the BIAS surfaces: It's ALL about the MONEY!  Old Timer 8080 | 06/08/07
So . . . .  JLHenry | 06/09/07
It is ALWAYS about competition.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/07/07
for the target application the OLPC wins hands down  stevey_d | 06/07/07
That is certainly one opinion.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/07
But, is it a real choice? Or is this just FUD to slow down OLPC??  DonnieBoy | 06/08/07
Yes its a choice. Intel and ASUS  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/07
Not following you  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/07/07
RE: Not following you  xsbanks | 06/07/07
Does it matter in any way?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/07/07
We are probably talking more like 5x more power. And kids  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
You know that to be a fact?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/07
Are you forgetting about the foot pedal?  Tony Agudo | 06/07/07
"feasible"  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Well, I have spent time in the third world,  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/07
I have visited and resided in many rural spots  Ole Man | 06/08/07
more useful for Third World kids without reliable electricity?  A.Lizard | 06/07/07
Gosh, the Eee runs Linux. NT  georgeou | 06/07/07
No M$, no good review  dilbert@... | 06/07/07
No Microsoft?  Anton Philidor | 06/07/07
How I should have titled my comment  dilbert@... | 06/08/07
The Eee runs on Linux if you haven't noticed  georgeou | 06/08/07
Worst experience?  dcconlee@... | 06/07/07
Vista Killer  jabailo1 | 06/07/07
Insensitive thought?  JayMar13 | 06/07/07
A first world evaluation ...  George Mitchell | 06/07/07
And, what is the REAL cost of the Intel laptop delivered to developing  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Here is a clue......  magpie_z | 06/10/07
But..but..but..........  Ole Man | 06/07/07
The Main Issue for OLPC "Wannabes"  dumptux | 06/07/07
They don't need to  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Hey, and apples are better than oranges  RonCri | 06/07/07
heat and dust...  balaknair | 06/07/07
Check my backgroun  georgeou | 06/07/07
Back then  dragosani | 06/07/07
but the OLPC isn't for the purpose you seem to think it's for  stevey_d | 06/07/07
This article is just plain simple ! - NT  raycote | 06/07/07
Comparing Apples and Oranges  ryan@... | 06/07/07
Neither one is perfect  Michael Kelly | 06/07/07
you took the words out of my mouth  ryan@... | 06/07/07
We're well beyond the Model-T  Michael Kelly | 06/07/07
"beyond the Model-T"?  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Typical American Business Management  NeutralityNow | 06/07/07
This is all so silly  bidemytime | 06/07/07
The US Public education system proves me right  georgeou | 06/07/07
George, one time that computers are used in an inappropriate way and it  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
These links prove nothing ...  George Mitchell | 06/07/07
An act of Congress  Ole Man | 06/07/07
You're entitled to your opinion  georgeou | 06/07/07
Likewise!  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Make up your mind, George  bidemytime | 06/08/07
But that...  dragosani | 06/07/07
This PC would not have seen the light of day if not for the OLPC initiative  mwiley_z | 06/07/07
Maybe, but doesn't change the fact that it's better  georgeou | 06/07/07
"better" in boot speed, but it will fail after several hours  stevey_d | 06/07/07
this is just plain embarrassing  A.Lizard | 06/07/07
cnet is also owned by ZDNet. Think of this as free speech.  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Correction: ZDNet is owned by CNET Networks  georgeou | 06/07/07
It sure is nice  Ole Man | 06/07/07
People w/o clean water, electricity, fixed telephone lines  Dr-T | 06/07/07
People without clean water, food, and power don't want money spent on toys  georgeou | 06/07/07
you asked them all, right??  stevey_d | 06/07/07
The people paying don't need to ask.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/07/07
I have no clue what you're talking about here  stevey_d | 06/07/07
There are still hundreds of millions out there with food and water that are  DonnieBoy | 06/07/07
Yes, but it's still "pedagogically suspect"  georgeou | 06/07/07
which is why they said they'd make their own OLPC for $10  stevey_d | 06/07/07
Yeah, it's call some pens, paper, and text books  georgeou | 06/07/07
obscure fantasy about $10 olpc?  stevey_d | 06/08/07
George, printing and distributing textbooks will be more than the cost of  DonnieBoy | 06/08/07
George, the OLPC is free if you consider the money saved on textbooks.  DonnieBoy | 06/08/07
You have a pitiful outlook  Ole Man | 06/07/07
When did I tell you what to do?  georgeou | 06/07/07
Do I look like "other kids" to you?  Ole Man | 06/07/07
ASUS/Intel junk has no battery life, will break easily, and so is useless  stevey_d | 06/07/07
George can I suggest a better test for you to complete in 5 minutes  stevey_d | 06/07/07
George, that Asus looks more like a toy that the OLPC  nix_hed | 06/07/07
OLPC--True stand alone PC  xsbanks | 06/07/07
Please, be fair!  kvo | 06/07/07
With all intents & purposes , let us be fair ?  Intellihence | 06/07/07
You still don't get it do you?  teddybairs1 | 06/07/07
ASUS and Intel slaughters OLPC with Eee-ase  goxk@... | 06/07/07
Lofty Ideals  aureolin@... | 06/07/07
In the words of Microsoft  Ole Man | 06/07/07
ga  charles656oio@... | 06/07/07
Fourth world?  Ole Man | 06/07/07
Why this might help more than it hurts  CobraA1 | 06/07/07
Ummmm  TonyMcS | 06/07/07
hmm...lets go with WHAT?  Monkey_MCSE | 06/07/07
GO MONKEY!  Linux User 147560 | 06/08/07
He probably overdosed  Ole Man | 06/09/07
There are NOT 50 million computers available on eBay, AND, if you imagine  DonnieBoy | 06/08/07
OLPC price question  lostcsl2@... | 06/07/07
MS has nothing to do with that  georgeou | 06/07/07
typical geek comment  patibulo | 06/08/07
Honestly I would have rather had an Eee even in my mud school  georgeou | 06/08/07
BTW, no one's showing off here. I simply responded to people calling me  georgeou | 06/08/07
Next thing you know...  jasonp@... | 06/08/07
shocking, even by ZDNet's standards  mdsmedia | 06/08/07
The Intel PC has not been optimized for power usage and would use at least  DonnieBoy | 06/08/07
Why dismiss ALL the other advantages?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/07
Since you "run a company"  Robert Crocker | 06/08/07
If you don't have electricity, you've got other priorities other than a com  georgeou | 06/08/07
"No Electricity . . . ."  JLHenry | 06/09/07
ah the arrogance...  magpie_z | 06/10/07
Life looks simple when you shop in a supermarket and have airconditioning  georgeou | 06/11/07
The posts are STRANGE !!!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 06/08/07
Your post is strange too  dragosani | 06/08/07
I HAVE PROOF, I HAVE PROOF!!!!!!!  bidemytime | 06/10/07
One elitist blind mouse  albucario | 06/13/07
I don't see the connection.  Absolutely | 11/08/07

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