correct, wasn’t sure if
i should post hear or there, though i’d get quicker response in market place, :roll:
admin or modo, feel free to delete this discussion ^^ :-D
Where to buy cheap laptops?
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@Ender:
even cheaper yet!
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9749768-1.html
$150! i knew i heard about them before. they are made with the intention of every schoolchild in the world being able to afford one. so that means in the future they’ll even get cheaper.
I was excited about that link too until I read the comments and found this:
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9772144-1.htmlAlso, the laptop runs linux, which I have just switched to (again) at home, but this time for good. Ubuntu 7.10 - everything worked like a charm pretty much off the bat, and the Compiz Fusion window manager makes Vista look like Windows 3.1.
Just can’t get triplea to work yet :( …
Is Linux Navy proof? In other words, would your average ONI (officer of naval intelligence) be able to figure it out within, say, an hour like windows?
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Sorry Jen…
They have not made a micro-chip item that was NAVAL Officer proof since Texas Instruments developed the Little Professor back in the 1970’s :evil:
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@ncscswitch:
Sorry Jen…
They have not made a micro-chip item that was NAVAL Officer proof since Texas Instruments developed the Little Professor back in the 1970’s :evil:
http://www.handheldmuseum.com/TI/LittleProfessor.htmI think the problem is they keep making better naval officer proof equipment, the navy just makes a better naval officer that can break it after they succeed. hehe.
You know, VTech has a child laptop, wonder if I could break into it, put in a wireless card, upgrade the hard drive and load a real operating system on it (instead of the 16 bit games preloaded) and give that too him?
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That might be a good idea…
With the built in software, he should be able to use it to train Marines
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@Cmdr:
@Ender:
even cheaper yet!
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9749768-1.html
$150! i knew i heard about them before. they are made with the intention of every schoolchild in the world being able to afford one. so that means in the future they’ll even get cheaper.
I was excited about that link too until I read the comments and found this:
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9772144-1.htmlAlso, the laptop runs linux, which I have just switched to (again) at home, but this time for good. Ubuntu 7.10 - everything worked like a charm pretty much off the bat, and the Compiz Fusion window manager makes Vista look like Windows 3.1.
Just can’t get triplea to work yet :( …
Is Linux Navy proof? In other words, would your average ONI (officer of naval intelligence) be able to figure it out within, say, an hour like windows?
Ubuntu 7.10 is I think easier than Windows in a lot of ways. Haven’t really hit any snags. It comes with pretty much any desktop software the average user would want pre-installed (Office, E-mail, Browser, Media player) and if you want to add anything, you just click on the main menu - Add/Remove - choose your category of software, and install it!
Except TripleA, which is weird because I had that working on an older version of Ubuntu. I may have installed the wrong version of Java? Who knows.
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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/index.html
this one’s only$200!
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I ended up getting a $600 model from CompUSA tax free, shipping free, 3 yr warranty free. (Course, CompUSA is more expensive then Circuit City, Best Buy, Apt, etc.)
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By the way I looked at that Vtech Kids Laptop, It’s basicly an over sized Calculator. I was disapointed, I had though about geting them fo rmy kids, bu tI’d rather just get a real laptop.
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By the way I looked at that Vtech Kids Laptop, It’s basicly an over sized Calculator. I was disapointed, I had though about geting them fo rmy kids, bu tI’d rather just get a real laptop.
My one year old loves it. Makes all kinds of noises. Don’t think he knows it has a monitor yet. :P
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Kids need to be using books and not computers dammit! :evil: (Quoted from my dad)
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@M36:
Kids need to be using books and not computers dammit! :evil: (Quoted from my dad)
Yea, but this one teaches them how to read books.
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Children should be put to work, not idling away their days getting their heads stuffed full of fancy ideas. Books. Pah! Computers. Pah! A sturdy pick-axe should be the only tool they get or need!
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Why are you giving them tools!?!?
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They are also excellent sources of nutrition in times of crisis.
Such as:
Nuclear war
Famine
Drought
Dolphins winning the Superbowl
College finals week
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@Cmdr:
Why are you giving them tools!?!?
So that they can work, silly. How else are the salt mines to be worked? Who shall erect the monuments to my greatness?
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