From the neighbors:

Feels a bit like being Andy Warhol watching in the corner.  Thanks everyone-  Here's what I'm thinking:  Mac.  I still use an old beat up Titanium Power Book.  F'ing love the thing, and it's always been good to me over there.  Now the wife wants something.  Now to give you an idea of where she's at, Lise (god love her) has said something like, "why don't you just go down to the internet and pick up the mail yourself?"

She would need some photo stuff.  Internet connections (as well as the electricity) are spotty.  No huge downloads or anything.  Medical stuff- not much of an issue as we are talking pencil and paper record keeping.  Our stuff could be done on Office no problem.

OLPC:  Great idea, but a lot of the folks we work with live 3 days (walking) from the nearest electrical outlet.  But, I'm am digging the idea for the hospital itself.  

Other thoughts:  Love flash drives... on my ipod.  Robust is an issue.  The few computers we've seen over there are all old PC's. 

All the best,

Mark

On Nov 30, 2007, at 6:42 PM, Miles Rose wrote:

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Date: Nov 30,[masked]:30 PM
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Hi.

Regarding the below human factors,  plus i am not sure how durable the flash drives are- can be more volatile;  and what other peripherals the OLPC can handle - printers, add-on storage drives, backups etc - they must save something...

 

 On the bare browser - does any one know how it handles the flurry of pesky plug-ins that surfers must  interact with in general while browsing? What about software and don't medical sites have rich media? Might they have to live abroad without YouTube? I dunno...  IMO they may get stuck esp where imaging/media  is concerned.  It might explode just trying to open up Photoshop!

 

Not to take away from the OLPC, but maybe they should try it - with the more robust MAC or PC being their fall back - and then they might donate the OLPC to some worthy person or entity.

Best and God speed to the Drs.
dee

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On Nov 30,[masked]:47 PM, Brian Driscoll < [address removed]> wrote:

From the OLPC reviews it sounded like the machine had a keyboard designed for children and has relatively small keys that some adults may not be able to use as easily.

Suzan Eraslan wrote:

But they said all they would use it for is pictures and email, nothing PCU intensive.

On Nov 30,[masked]:57 AM, Asif Youssuff <[address removed]> wrote:

Miles Rose wrote:
> doing UN sponsored medical work. A doctor and a nurse. The doctor seeks
> a computer. They were going to buy a mac. I suggested a Panasonic
> toughbook.

I wouldn't buy the OLPC if it was for an adult who actually wants to do
real work.

I'd say... get the Mac.

-Asif

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