another competitor for the OLPC laptop?
From my first blog, oslutions.com (2005 to 2008), recovered from the Internet Archive and republished as it was. Links are from that time and many no longer work. Original: http://oslutions.com/blog/2008/02/16/another-competitor-for-the-olpc-laptop/.
Acer just announced that they would develop a low-price sub-laptop. some might see it as a competitor to the OLPC laptop. i prefer to argue that the OLPC laptop is such a good concept that other companies (like Intel, Asus, and now Acer) are now doing the same.
i have been traveling with my Asus eee for now one month (i missed the opportunity to get an OLPC laptop), and i must say i really like it. it’s very compact, quite fast, extremely stable, has a good wifi, can run Skype, and is quite cheap (~350$).
just like it is very common nowadays to travel with a memory stick, in the future i can imagine that people might travel with a mini-laptop. this is very convenient, especially as wifi becomes more and more available.