On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:51 PM, John Rigdon <jrig...@researchonline.net> wrote: > I have not seen the XO, but I think we should be rather thinking about these > new cheap netbooks for these other tasks and use the XO for what it is > designed. I am now evaluating a netbook I bought on Ebay for $79 and > another that is priced at $139 on Ebay. These types of machines can be > configured for Administrative use and to do these other things.
Agreed. There's a new breed of extremely miniature projectors which might be well-suited, for example: http://www.google.com/search?q=miniature+projector http://blog.laptopmag.com/mini-projector-face-off-3m-mpro110-vs-dell-m109s These are priced at about 1.5x the cost of an XO, and combined with the VGA output from a schoolserver, would probably make excellent accessories for a classroom. There's no real need to use the new ultra-mini projectors in most classroom situations, something like http://www.amazon.com/Torpedo-Entertainment-Game-Projector-BLACK/dp/B0033M5NXQ/ might work as well. Note that the primary expense for a projector is likely to be replacement bulbs. I also wonder if http://www.amazon.com/Porta-Trace-Mini-Sketch-5x-Opaque-Projector/dp/B000A3E2T2 might work, if just placed on an XO screen. There might still be heat issues, but it's cheap enough that an experiment might be warranted. --scott -- ( http://cscott.net/ ) _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel