Andy Random wrote:
>
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, John Cooper wrote:
>
>> I'm sure they'll go on sale here soon. $183 each is great value but
>> you have to buy one to send to a 3rd world country, so even $366 or
>> �200 is still pretty good.
>
> They may or may not get to be offered for sale in Europe (despite the
> global nature of the project the organisers seem to be fairly
> US-centric) but if they did it would most likely be at a padded
> (VAT/shipping etc.) price.
>
> Under 200 UKP is a price I'm willing to pay for one and the fact that
> half of that price is effectively a donation to the third world is an
> added bonus.
Perhaps you'll only pay VAT on one as the other is effectively a
donation. The strong pound to the dollar helps here too.
>
> It's just a matter of sorting out the logistics of getting someone
> else to purchase one for me...
>
>> I've got the 5W Koolu.com mini pc which uses the same chip and even
>> dual boot in to the OLPC interface, $300 direct from Koolu or �250
>> from me (the VAT and delivery add a fair bit).
>
> Those look kinda interesting, though as it's a desktop it is clearly
> not a replacement for the OLPC machines.
All you need is a 12v battery and you can take it anywhere. Car,
caravan, tent or motor home, no problem :-)
>
> I assume you have the "Koolu Net Appliance", the device with a HD and
> Ubuntu pre-loaded? How well does it run Ubuntu/Gnome?
>
Yes it is. They keep changing the name! You will not notice any
difference once the app is loaded. It is slower to start, but not that
slow to be irritating. The network and harddrive are very quick and
SSH'ing is no different to a laptop.
> Also am I right in thinking it doesn't have any kind of CD/DVD device?
> Though I guess you could run one off of USB when needed.
I bought an HP lightscribe external for ~£35 incl. postage and works
perfectly for re-installs and backups.
John.
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