[OLPC-Philippines] Other netbooks for education

[rayb at apc.edu.ph]

Hi, all,

Here's a list of netbooks for the K-12 market on the Fedora-OLPC list by the Sugar Labs Marketing Coordinator, Sean Daly: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2009-June/msg00061.html

He makes the point that Sugar runs on the Intel Classmate and likely would run on the other netbooks.  So I can imagine the OLPC vision being fulfilled using hardware other than the XO--after all It's An Education Project, right?

Other hardware possibilities: the Gecko EduBook (http://www.norhtec.com/products/gecko/index.html) (found via Barry Kauler's blog, http://puppylinux.com/blog/), and the upcoming "Smartbooks" (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10251841-64.html). These promise 8-hour battery life and a lower price than today's netbooks.

Thoughts?

Servus,

Ray