New XO laptop for $200!

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  • Casa Nova
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2007
    • 2867
    #1

    New XO laptop for $200!

    In November, you?ll be able to buy a new laptop that?s spillproof, rainproof, dustproof and drop-proof. It?s fanless, it?s silent and it weighs 3.2 pounds. One battery charge will power six hours of heavy activity, or 24 hours of reading. The laptop has a built-in video camera, microphone, memory-card slot, graphics tablet, game-pad controllers and a screen that rotates into a tablet configuration.

    And this laptop will cost $200.

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    ICQ: 405 009 573


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    • Rodent
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2001
      • 1462
      #2
      I like how the battery is only 10 bucks, and a solar charger for it is only 12. Pretty impressive.
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        • GrouchyAdmin
          Now choke yourself!
          • Apr 2006
          • 12085
          #3
          People always see the price tag and miss this:

          There’s no CD/DVD drive at all, no hard drive and only a 7.5-inch screen. The Linux operating system doesn’t run Microsoft Office, Photoshop or any other standard Mac or Windows programs. The membrane-sealed, spillproof keyboard is too small for touch-typing by an adult..

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            • Digipimp
              BP4L OT DL
              • Mar 2003
              • 13481
              #4
              old news and you do realize this was intended for third world countries dont you? probably not, but in case you didnt, thats what its for and for 2 weeks in november they'll be doing a buy one give one promo, where for $400 you buy one to be sent to a third world country and get one for yourself, one is tax deductible.

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                • tony299
                  lurker
                  • Aug 2002
                  • 57021
                  #5
                  I could see this as a cool surfing, check my email tool.

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                    • MikeVega
                      **Porntrepreneur**
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 12788
                      #6
                      Originally posted by GrouchyAdmin
                      People always see the price tag and miss this:

                      There?s no CD/DVD drive at all, no hard drive and only a 7.5-inch screen. The Linux operating system doesn?t run Microsoft Office, Photoshop or any other standard Mac or Windows programs. The membrane-sealed, spillproof keyboard is too small for touch-typing by an adult..
                      and you missed this ..

                      the bloggers and the ignorant have already begun to spit on the XO laptop. ?Dude, for $400, I can buy a real Windows laptop,? they say.

                      Clearly, the XO?s mission has sailed over these people?s heads like a 747.
                      It's for poor kids in 3rd world countries .. your buying 2 for $400 and one goes to a poor child. the other one you keep and play with or give to a Child.

                      I would by one for my 3 year old. it would be a learning tool like any other educational toy plus we could talk about helping other children in other countries ..


                      Mike Vega-ICQ:253868499-AIM:mikeydicevega

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                        • D
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jan 2006
                          • 7412
                          #7
                          Yeah... saw that a couple months ago.

                          Good to know there'll be something like that around for when I have kids entering elementary school.

                          In the meantime, $600 buys you a decent low-end HP with 2 gigs of RAM and a 120 GB HD with a 15.4" screen and all the standard trimmings.
                          -D.
                          ICQ: 202-96-31

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                            • GrouchyAdmin
                              Now choke yourself!
                              • Apr 2006
                              • 12085
                              #8
                              Originally posted by MikeVega
                              and you missed this ..
                              Hey, I only ask that GFY pay attention to a single bold, italic paragraph. You need to break things up into small little portions to be slowly digested.

                              After they see the 'Oh, it's small and I can't put my porn and illegal photoshop on it', you'll end up with an 'Oh, fuck that!' response about 95% of the time.

                              The others are blogging about their affection for poo.

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                                • Flynn
                                  pr0's goat screwed me
                                  • Jan 2002
                                  • 2083
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Digipimp
                                  old news and you do realize this was intended for third world countries dont you? probably not, but in case you didnt, thats what its for and for 2 weeks in november they'll be doing a buy one give one promo, where for $400 you buy one to be sent to a third world country and get one for yourself, one is tax deductible.
                                  Yep, I saw a show about these on Dateline a year or so ago.
                                  blah blah blah

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                                    • Matt 26z
                                      So Fucking Banned
                                      • Apr 2002
                                      • 18481
                                      #10
                                      Hopefully they can't get internet access with these. Just imagine the scamming.

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                                        • NinjaSteve
                                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                                          • Dec 2003
                                          • 11089
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by tony404
                                          I could see this as a cool surfing, check my email tool.
                                          That's what you use a cell phone for
                                          ...

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                                            • CyberHustler
                                              Masterbaiter
                                              • Feb 2006
                                              • 28750
                                              #12
                                              Can it browse MySpace?...
                                              “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

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