Since the launch of Vista it has come under fire from all quarters. Now, it appears, criticism is coming from the horse’s mouth. Check out Ivo’s post on the subject here.
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Indepth review of the OLPC
The Register is running an excellent and detailed review of the OLPC project’s XO laptop. By necessity it’s very long but if you have any interest in the topic is well worth the read. Reviewer Brian Hurley concludes:
“There’s a lot to like about the XO laptop. It’s tough, it’s great as an eBook reader, it has a big (for its category), high resolution screen. It runs silent and cool, has good battery life, and the clean design of the Sugar interface is easy to use.”
But he does note that several areas need work, among them the web browser and the file system as well as multimedia performance and support. Read the full review here.
Making computing affordable
Much has been written about the need for affordable PCs – particularly among school children in the developing world. Which is why MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte launched his One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project with the goal of producing a $100 computer. Sadly, that price proved unachievable and the machine currently costs just under $200 – which is still remarkably affordable. But just how capable can such a machine be? Could Intel chairman Craig Barrett have had a point when he called the OLPC a $100 gadget? Or were those merely comments designed to promote Intel’s more expensive – and Windows-based – competitor, the Classmate PC?
Ars Technica has an excellent comparative review of the two machines. Even more interesting is the review by nine year-old Rufus Cellan-Jones after his father took one home to the UK from Nigeria. I wouldn’t mind getting my grubby paws on one of these gadgets to see for myself.
A load of crap on the Internet
This was too funny not to post. It seems that the University of Aberdeen plans to welcome students back with a high bandwidth internet network connected via the sewers. Give new weight to the contention that there’s a whole load of crap on the internet.
