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And my grandfolks said the same about TVs.
But those folks out there need an infrastructure first before messing around with any electronic appliance. Most do not even have adequate shelter. The most I ever paid for one of those was $35 and it was in 1978.

Naw, those things are junk and I would rather use a calculator and paper to design things. They are neither an appliance or a computer and are compromised. First thing I would do is take off the crank, put on a roller wheel and mount on bicycle.
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Feel-goodism  baggins_z | 06/02/06
Shipping computers and delivering course material electronicly would be  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
Especially when it's not their own money.  mustangj36@... | 06/03/06
130 or 100  hopefulcoder | 06/02/06
Who pays 100 for a Calculator?  mighetto | 06/02/06
Why is it hopeless? Do you suggest they spend $1,000 each instead???  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
Waiting to hear installed pirated Windows on it  Boot_Agnostic | 06/02/06
Pirated Windows won't run, not enought memory and processor power.  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
Oh well, OS X out of the running too  Boot_Agnostic | 06/03/06
It doesn't have a hard drive, just flash memory,  mustangj36@... | 06/03/06
WinCE  Boot_Agnostic | 06/03/06
Original spec said it'd have 1 gig of memory  mustangj36@... | 06/04/06
Plus I said waiting to 'hear"  Boot_Agnostic | 06/04/06
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It is Windows that does not belong on ANY computer due to the security  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
Shutup M$ shareholder, a couple of kid computers...  Nix_0S_Fan | 06/03/06
In Zaire, they earn $700 a year  osreinstall | 06/02/06
They still need computers. Maybe they won't be able to give one to every  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
An old TI-30 calculator wuld be more useful.  osreinstall | 06/02/06
A TI-30 can't be used for computer based course materials, can't connect to  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
I can still remember when we could not afford a calculater for every family  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
And my grandfolks said the same about TVs.  osreinstall | 06/02/06
So maybe the first ones will go to more developed countries that have  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
Don't put the cart before the horse  osreinstall | 06/03/06
THEM vs US (with some spelling police...)  robertm@... | 06/05/06
There are no courses like that over there.  osreinstall | 06/03/06
That's a damn shame  nucrash | 06/03/06
Naw, the money would be better spent elsewhere.  osreinstall | 06/03/06
We need cheap computers even right here in the good old US of A.  DonnieBoy | 06/02/06
So this is not about giving each child...  Qbt | 06/02/06
Pot calling the kettle...  m1-garande-facelift | 06/03/06
We know how it ends.  Boot_Agnostic | 06/03/06
Pirated Windows won't run on these, and you ain't goona make much money  DonnieBoy | 06/03/06
I'm making a personal prediction  Boot_Agnostic | 06/03/06
guerilla's camp?  handydan918 | 06/03/06
Linux guys love the idea because they like  mustangj36@... | 06/03/06
I dual boot WIndows and Linux  Boot_Agnostic | 06/03/06
If MS wants to give away a stripped down version of Window and open the  DonnieBoy | 06/03/06
Linux is perfect for the job  Boot_Agnostic | 06/03/06
Network Computer Part Deux  jogiba@... | 06/03/06
If Intel and MS are pissed it's a winner  support@... | 06/04/06

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