I am interested in getting these as my 2 son's aged 4 and 5 taken
interest in computers.
Rather get them this than say a nintendo wii
Fintan
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On 03/10/2007, Andy Random <andy.random@???> wrote:
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> On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, John Cooper wrote:
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> > Perhaps you'll only pay VAT on one as the other is effectively a
> > donation. The strong pound to the dollar helps here too.
>
> If I have a friend buy the OLPC machine in the US then the plan would be
> to hand carrying the device into the UK and only pay VAT on the value
> declared at customs.
>
> > 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.
>
> It's definitely a possibility and I'm tempted, but I really don't need
> another PC at home, even a small/low power device and I'm trying to resist
> the urge to buy new boxes until I've disposed of some of the old ones...
>
> Andy
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