[Olpc-open] an inexpensive plan for personalized laptops?

[Jonah Bossewitch]

[copied back onto the list, with Xuan's permission]

Yeah, but stickers are fun  ;-)

dinosaur laptops, heart laptops, glitter laptops, music bands, social
movements, seems like an easy win.

Sure it doesn't solve the security issue in an ironclad way, but neither
does the stigma of carrying around a kids toy. Really what this is
partially about is the psychological willingness to treat this like a
personal possession, instead of a sacred object. Like a well-worn
baseball glove, that is lovingly broken in.

/jsb

xuan wu wrote:
> > if the people really want to sell it for money, there'll be lots of
ways to
> > make the laptops look as new. In my opinion, only if the laptop can't be
> > used by any other except the owner,  can the problem of resale be
solved.
> > besides, another problem is what the children can do with the
laptop? Even
> > if we can image a thousand beneficial ways, which is the one that can
> > attract the children to devote to and forget the idea of selling it?
Also,
> > they can't be addicted to it  either, which is the government
worried about
> > most.
> >