I would recommend (if you don't already have your heart set on a cute little XO) checking out some older X series Thinkpads. They are small and built like tanks. It might be worth checking out the sales part of the Thinkpad forums for a good deal on an X31 or an X4 series machine.
-Brian On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Robert Eickmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > No worries, I have a trip I hope to take late next year (still in the > very early planning stages) that a fairly indestructible laptop would > be great for. > > Hope everything is going well with you. > > -Rob > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Ron Hale-Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry, there was a misunderstanding. The XO is no longer for sale. I > > apologize for wasting your time. > > > > Ron > > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:57 PM, Ron Hale-Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In the unlikely event that a member of Saturday House doesn't know > >> what the One Laptop Per Child program is, please go here: > >> http://laptop.org/ > >> > >> Last year during the Give One, Get One program, my extended family > >> were Give 5, Get 5 donors. :) My wife and I bought two, and my > >> sister-in-law's family bought three XO laptops: two for the adults and > >> one for her stepdaughter. The adults still love their XOs, but the > >> stepdaughter has moved back to Oregon and left hers behind, so they > >> have it for sale. > >> > >> If you bought an XO from the Give One, Get One program now, you'd be > >> paying $400 -- but of course you'd be donating a laptop to a kid in a > >> developing country. If you want to do that, that's great -- I > >> encourage it. (See the link above; G1G1 starts up again on 17 Nov.) If > >> you just want a cheap, weatherproof Linux laptop that's great for > >> reading ebooks, and you don't mind that the "give one" part of this > >> G1G1 transaction is already taken care of, email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> or call 206-201-1768 and we'll arrange a rendezvous. > >> > >> Ron > >> > >> -- > >> Ron Hale-Evans ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... http://ron.ludism.org/ ... (206) > 201-1768 > >> Senior Specification Writer, The Linux Foundation ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Mind Performance Hacks book: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mindperfhks/ > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Ron Hale-Evans ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... http://ron.ludism.org/ ... (206) > 201-1768 > > Senior Specification Writer, The Linux Foundation ... > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mind Performance Hacks book: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mindperfhks/ > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
