On Nov 25, 2007 1:12 PM, tall897 <<a href="mailto:tall897@gmail.com">tall897@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
To purchase the olpc as an act of charity would be worthy; but as a helpmate it would be foolish, as compared with the availability of the advanced, polished ASUS EEE, which is far more useful.</blockquote><div><br>Having used both, this is an very unfair statement to make.
<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> But, as has been said, one is best for the modern country and the other for primitive conditions, so the two are meant for entirely different populations.
</blockquote><div><br>True, but missing the point. The XO isn't meant for just poor kids (though, they are our model customer we are aiming for), instead, it is meant for educating kids. The EEE is meant for western (mostly adult) tech consumers. There is overlap, but they are coming from opposite sides of the spectrum.
<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> And what is the purchaser to do if the olpc breaks down after its 30 day warranty expires?
</blockquote><div><br></div></div>An effect of their different intentions. I've seen 9-year-olds disassemble the XO and replace the motherboard by themselves, something the EEE can not (as easily, at least) do. So, like we've said, it matters on who you are and how the machine will be used.
<br><br>Finding replacement parts (a good point you bring up) 6 months or more from now will be drastically easier (as the number of machines in existance goes from <50,000 to >250,000 or more).<br clear="all"><br>
-- <br>Michael Burns * Student<br>Open Source {Education} Lab