And the word is that they are going to bring back the give one get one program this year starting in Nov. http://laptop.org/
This time Amazon is handling their order processing so they shouldn't have the massive mess ups that they did last year. -R On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Rogan Creswick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:11 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Wanted to get one for my 8 y.o. >> Now that the buzz is gone, would you all still recommend one? > > They are very cool -- but I find the keyboard extremely difficult to > type on with my full-sized hands. > > As a practical tool, I don't find mine to be useful as-is because of > the keyboard limitations. I *do* love it for: > > * _fantastic_ wifi reception. > * great formfactor > * interesting UI / software > * the mesh is an awesome concept (and probably actually is really > cool if you take the time to hook into one of the local jabber servers > to use it world-wide) > * the screen is truly amazing, and the tablet mode is a pretty > decent way to read books / papers. (Software support for reading pdfs > is, IMO, still lacking though. It's not as easy as it should be to > get pdf text sized properly.) > > It's a great durable, portable laptop with some cool software and > state-of-the-art hardware, and it's sized perfectly for a child. > > Having said all that, I don't use mine at all because it's a shoddy > platform for coding, and I find it very hard to type on. It works > well for email, and reading papers (and playing wesnoth :) but there > are very few times when that's all I need out of a laptop. > > If you'd like to borrow mine for a bit, you're certainly welcome to, > just ping me off-list. (I would like to sell it at some point too.) > > --Rogan > >> >> --- Original Message --- >> From:"Anthony c" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent:Thu 10-2-08 7:44 pm >> To:[email protected] >> Subj:[saturdayhouse] Re: OLPC - SEAXO user group >> >> Let's Do It! >> >> For people to get enough warning, it'd be best to plan it a few weeks down >> the road. Giraffe labs sounds like a good place for it. >> >> -Anthony >> >> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Brian Luft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> I have also been interested in seeing a revival of the XO user group, >>> and would be very willing to help organize and get things off the >>> ground. >>> I would love to hear what people think about getting things going again. >>> >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> On Sep 29, 2008, at 0:50, "anders conbere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > That being said, Giraffe Labs (home of saturday house right now) would >>> > be happy to host you. just shoot me an email. >>> > >>> > >>> > ~ Anders >>> > >>> > On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> As best I know, SeaXO's coordinators have been very busy, and the >>> >> website hasn't been updated since April. >>> >> >>> >> HOWEVER, there is still a lot of Seattle XO owners who'd like to get >>> >> together. I suggest we just pick a weekend and just do it. >>> >> >>> >> -Anthony >>> >> >>> >> On Sep 27, 1:34 am, hen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> >>> >>> i heard it through the grape vine that Seattle area g1g1 XO users >>> >>> meet >>> >>> at the Saturday House. Is this still true and is there more >>> >>> specifics? >>> >>> >>> >>> I have a bricked olpc g1g1 laptop and was wondering if anyone had >>> >>> that >>> >>> serial adapter that get mentioned on the wiki. Besides it would be >>> >>> nice to meet other sugar users to help figure this machine out >>> >>> (advice >>> >>> on adapting it to our world usage). >>> >>> >>> >>> you can contact via go2[firstname] at yahoo >>> >>> >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> henry >>> >> >>> >>> >>> >> >>> > >>> > > >>> >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> > >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
