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Posts: 1,750
Join Date: May 2005
Location: , Wisconsin, USA
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21-11-07, 04:35 PM
The OLPC is only 500 MHz. It probably couldn't work as a DVD player if you could hook a DVD too it. I agree with you that people and especially children are encouraged to do silly bullsh!t with computers. But a lot of the bullsh!t requires more processing power than the usefull things that can be done with computers. You don't need photorealistic graphics for a geometry education program.
I think it makes sense to only get a used computer between 1 and 1.5 GHz for a grammar or high school kid.
Here is something that might be interesting that doesn't need lots of processing power. It would be good to have a portable book reader though.
Sci Fi E-Books
I think not giving kids computers sounds like throwing the baby out with the bath water.
More, more I'm still not satisfied.
Science Fair Projects - Solar System
I have run that solar system simulator on a 500 MHz machine and a 1.8 GHz. The program limits the speed and the 1.8 was only slightly faster.
Astronomy free software
Should we throw all of that out by not giving kids computers. We had science books sitting on the shelves when I was in grammar school and the nitwit nuns never used them. I wouldn't assume the schools to make the best use of computers. They will let Bill Gates tell them what to do.
OK 433 MHz
Hardware specification - OLPCWiki
umbra
Last edited by umbrarchist; 23-11-07 at 02:35 PM.
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