$100 hand crank, third-world laptops.

kevin h · Post by **kevin h** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:30 am

i wonder what apps you could run with one of those $100 crank power laptops?

this site has a bunch of sporty looking, third-world laptops.

http://laptop.org/download.en_US.html

provaznik · Post by **provaznik** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 10:48 am

i don't know whether to laugh or cry.

4am · Post by **4am** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:26 am

it is a great idea, i suppose there will be lighter version of current programs available for this machines...

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:10 pm

yayyyy 3D here we come.

kevin h · Post by **kevin h** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 1:27 pm

"The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, with a dual-mode display—both a full-color, transmissive DVD mode, and a second display option that is black and white reflective and sunlight-readable at 3× the resolution. The laptop will have a 500MHz processor and 128MB of DRAM, with 500MB of Flash memory; it will not have a hard disk, but it will have four USB ports. The laptops will have wireless broadband that, among other things, allows them to work as a mesh network..."

ale suide · Post by **ale suide** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:14 pm

not doing a live with that

4am · Post by **4am** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 10:26 pm

why not? using 8 bit definition for exemple

Robot Criminal · Post by **Robot Criminal** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 1:33 am

well actually I rly don't get what this has to do with producing so...