How Classsmate PC Stacks Up Against OLPC 284
lisah writes "While the One Laptop Per Child project pulled itself together and shipped its first Beta machines, Intel was busy developing its own version, the Classmate PC. Inevitable comparisons will be made between the two (especially since OLPC's chairman Nicholas Negroponte called Intel's move "predatory"), so Linux.com's Tina Gasperson and her kids took a Classmate PC for a test run to see how it does in the real world. The upshot? Good battery life, easy to use, and great with ketchup. 'The Classmate is so adorably cozy it make you want to snuggle up on a comfy couch or lean back on some pillows on the floor while you surf. Good thing wireless is built right in. Too bad the typical Linux foibles apply. The first snag was having to log in as root to check the system configuration because the Classmate wouldn't log on to the network. Something tells me most elementary and high school teachers with nothing but Windows experience aren't going to get that.'" Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.
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no way the public will use linux on this (Score:3, Funny)
Since USB ports haven't apparently been discovered by the general public, what's the chance that "root passwords" and wi-fi configuration have?
Re:The test-drive displays massive ignorance (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:and you don't OLPCs won't be laying unused ? (Score:4, Funny)
OLPC and this are feel good ideas when too much of this world does have clean drinking water and adequate medicine or food for the day.
But how will we be able to exploit these populations for profit if we don't get them addicted to expensive electronic gadgets?
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*coffin lid noise*
Yeth, marthter ?