One Laptop Per Child vs Asus Eee Notebook PC

[LtSurge659]

A computer doesn't make one smart.

Sending a laptop to a third-world country is almost as ludicrous as sending money. Their governments would steal that money from them somehow. They always do.

[brietzmann]

in my opinion a laptop or generally access to the internet is a great thing. at first, of course the basic needs need to be covered. but somehow the whole thing seems like a vicious circle to me. people stay uneducated or poorly educated in 3rd world countries because they don't have the means to become educated. so they stay in their slums and keep on living und bad conditions. if they could be educated (for example by online tutors) they could get out of it. just a suggestion.

[jaycob619]

If they don't have tech as basic as a simple low end laptop whos to say if they can even have enough money to run the thing!

Marketing likes to trick ppl with cheap shit, if it was to help them with education place to live and food sure but not a laptop.

[primaveranz]

OLPC was an idea thought up by well-meaning Academics. The "buy one send one" strategy was an attempt to get conscientious individuals to shoulder the burden after the failure to sell millions to the MoE's of India, China and Brazil. In some countries the cost of supplying one laptop to every child would have outweighed their total annual Education budget.

No thought was given to the pedagogical side, least of all when dealing with very diverse cultures. Its time has probably passed now.

[ultrawaregamestudios]

Cool, now kids in Africa can also watch porn XD

[x6h0ztx]

with all them expenisve monitors.... buy a new web cam

[Paul4land2here]

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[nosupecualponerme]

skilo837 no seas brutus,aint no 3 world countries at all,u r a prosaic man that dont know that is only one f..n world? u maybe right at how they will use the computer,such as a music pillow. ending my homless man. u make fun of the homeless just because u thing u own a house?let me give u a slap on u face and wake up of u dream and misery,u r as the homelees of u city.,the moment u stop paying u property taxes u slavist goverment will trow out., so u r more stupid and dommy than the primitives

[homestar92]

OLPC and Linux technology - Sticking it to Bill Gates and helping a third world child. Is there such thing as a more perfect invention?

[skilo837]

lol people in 3rd world countries are primitive and probly wouldent know what to do with a computer if they had one they would probly break it apart and use the sharp pieces to cut things with.

3rd world countries are un-evolved and undeveloped for a reason and its not because they are poor .every empire in the world to ever rise and fall started with nothing and managed just fine .

sending a laptop to the jungle villagers is about the same as giving one to a homeless bum. it will go2 waste

[aleyton003]

braindead people that write this kinda thing are what is wrong with the spread of wealth in the world

[awesomo9876]

I think the laptop is actually going to countries whos governments want them. So its not like there just giving the laptop to some aboriginee that has no need for it. The laptop is actually going to a child that needs it. LOL your making it seem like we're airdropping these things into the amazon jungle or the saharra desert LOL (can anyone say "The Gods Must Be Crazy") I think its a good idea

[skilo837]

not quite sure what you are talkin about "gods being crazy" kinda lost me there.

and the purpose of that whole program is to put cheap laptops in the hands of children in underdeveloped countries around the world.

there is actually a video on youtube that shows the jungle villagers using them.

i will try to find it for you.

[cluclumaster]

shut the fuck up you ignorant prick

[kisinzcemm]

I dont care if they know how to use olpc second edition is bad ass

[ejl123123]

you are so f***ing stupid is not even funny i would suicide my self if i were you u are also very wrong you dumb dip shit

[albigjilan]

lets chat

[myrna1210]

foR me my Pink ASUS

is the bEst!

[wel2myworld]

That is the coldest (One Laptop Per Child) thing to do, first and foremost 3rd world country don't have wifi so those laptops are just useless brick and they don't usually the child usually don't have electricity.

[Jzarecta]

I remember the world without wifi and I still enjoyed computers. I think you forgot about that world. Internet is not computers, and computers is not only internet.

[rspawn]

Not all poverty is equal.

Really poor kids who are starving to death don't care about laptops nor about "infrastructure".

But poor kids who are not starving to death probably have a better chance getting out of poverty with an OLPC.

[NasokuSSJ9]

Agreed really poor kids need food shelter and cloths not a laptop!

[Imprezaman555]

what if they have all that, this could help brighten up their lives. fun is a major part of the quality of life as well as an education and this can do both.

[Tommyr]

Education is power. There are enough food donors. These kids need education and with that they can advance their world. This is a great program.

[chinaliew]

poor kid need laptop too,

it is better than buying than book,

a book can cost 100 ,

but a laptop cost 100 and have unlimited information via internet

they can use it wholelife and learn so many thing

[Jedieaston]

@NasokuSSJ9 laptop+internet acess= education

[teksfmk]

wat the fu** why are you comparing those.

[rspawn]

Asus' Eee Notebook seems to be inspired by the OLPC.

[whatsonthetv]

The OLPC vision is something that will change the way of sending aid to developing nations. The XO laptop is an investment for education in children, meaning the future.

[fraxus]

Why should I care about this guys opinion on the moral value of the OLPC ? I'll judge that for myself.  What is the tech comparison ?

[tylerhuskins]

well then you shouldnt click his vid

[szester]

i agree with stardust. i dont understand how having a laptop will help them. can they order free shipments of food on them?

[zsoltwin]

Some dumb people agian...

OLPC are not eatalbe of course!

This "starving" argument is soooo arogant!!!

This is for education benefit at developing countries not specifically at regions where people are starving, and I now that some of you are very suprised by the fact that helping starving people and helping (not starving but) people still in need it is not necessary the same thing...

[stardust1003]

how would a starving child benefit from a laptop when they need food and medicine?

Give them food, medicine and condoms, not a tool so they can post on myspace.

[chaosmutt]

the thing is they may never escape poverty without the skills to use technology. institutes in Africa are in desperate of people to operate their technology. sure keep them alive with food and such, but help them escape poverty themselves. it stops the need to send food and such to them if they can afford it themselves using the skills they aquire for using these laptops.

[azizi3929]

i agree to superkorsar's statement.OLPC should be focused to poor country that needs (cheaper

resources or even better.. free) to education

& for the rest of us..eee pc

[dougdangger]

how would a starving child benefit from a laptop when they need food and medicine?

Give them food, medicine and condoms, not a tool so they can post on myspace.

[LeMeAtOm]

If you nurture a wild animal with food it will become dependent on it and know not how to defend or look after itself. is one point of view.. another is that all the people in the world who are in need of help are not just all starving, under medicated, STD risks.

either way, im sure there are greater uses for these machines, including the one your sitting on, than accessing myspace, some just take that for granted.

[MotherOfAllBombs1]

U are a dumb ass, most third world countries dont want aid in food and medicine they want money for infrastructure. If they just get food and medicine they'll stay in the same dilemma, if you give them education then maybe they can be self reliant and escape poverty

[MRauron]

@ MotherOfAllBombs1 - education does not matter if you are dead...

[samphilomath]

People don't see the full potential of the OLPC because they are not think outside the box.

As soon as you get one, just add Puppy Linux or xfce on it. you'll end up with a full fast enough regular portable internet tablet media device.

Just think about it, the Nokia n800 got less Mhz and it still working well.

Just slap a Puppy on it

[crackwhore2007]

Nerd xD

[leoq114]

NEEERD!!!!! You just got your asses whipped, by a bunch of god damned nerds! This guy was in the movie.

[superkorsar]

Seriously, if they are poor, i'm seeing them selling their OLPC, to get money to buy food, and maybe they can't access to the internet, or a place to charge the battery...

If you want a cheap laptop, buy an Eee.

If you want to help african children buying them laptops, while they die because of hungry, buy the OLPC...

sorry if my english is bad :p

[linea2000]

and the project could change the third world, I'm not denying that, just trying to give a balanced opinion

[linea2000]

OLPC is a fantastic little machine though :)

[linea2000]

EEE proves you don't have to reinvent the wheel to do something quickly. Roll out of the OLPC is taking too long because they've spent time cosmetically "designing" it. To deter adults from taking it off kids is a lame reason. I've been to Africa, some poor people will take these laptops off their kids and sell them whatever the pc looks like. Asus eee is worth considering for the buy one give one scheme, maybe alonside the OLPC.

[Zapa4TW]

fuck you

[clubmaplestory]

this dude is stupid!

[frequentfliermileage]

The reason the OLPC notebook looks the way it does is actually to deter adults in the recipient countries from taking them from the child.

If the computer looked cool then obviously it wouldn't get to the children.

[InfinitySeries]

I've developed games for the OLPC platform, and will continue to with others in the future. It's a fantastic program and it's good to hear people talking about it. Certainly, it's not the strongest piece of hardware, but good content will continue to come to it and for free as well.

[1afrowolf]

The 'give one get one' offer's been extended until the end of the year, too.

[killingfield1975]

man this guy is a dipshit. tell that dumbass to shut the hell up you dont make any sense. wasted 7 mins of my time. i can easily just state... in 2 seconds what you did in 7 seconds.

i rather go with an asus eee. that guys daughter probably doesnt even know how to use a real laptop.

[ninjadeathcult]

give a man a fish feed him for a day, teach a man to fish feed him for a lifetime. I believe that the abundance of information as well as potential for business that the internet gives us and that we take for granted will bring a lot of oppurtunity for these people.

[learningtodance11]

good point dident think of tht

[ninjadeathcult]

no worries ;)

[learningtodance11]

why dont they give em food clothing and medicine not a laptop

[shelleycorbin]

there are programs for that too! one doesnt take away the other.

[mikeccuk2006]

he is talking about one laptop per wife

[devin6687]

oh my gosh, I think every poor little African child needs a MySpace page. LOL. JK.

[devin6687]

oh yeah, didn't mention, but I am a Mac user, and the OLPC idea just isn't clicking for me.

[LessthanJake14]

Would you prefer African children to spend thousands of dollars on a Macbook to gain access to vast information?

[superkorsar]

olpc is a great program, is good for poor children, but why we would need it??

If i had a daugther, id go for an Eee for her, and donate a olpc if you want

[LessthanJake14]

Oh yeah, I've got an Eee at home with Geubuntu on it but I was saying about the high prices of Apple products.

[malm1231]

your videos are kind of laggy... is there a perticular reason for that?

[LessthanJake14]

It's a live feed so it will be laggy. It happens in all his videos.

[akinshi]

Both are affordable. Why don't you do both? Buy and Eee pc and the OLPC. Killing 2 birds with one stone?

[CKyzOnLy]

o i have an asus g1 notebook

[ITtechiedotorg]

The eee PC isn't a laptop its a computer that is between a PDA and a laptop

[totesen]

Get the Eee Pc!

[Charbax]

OLPC Give 1 Get 1 is extended till the 31st of December. Not only can you write off $200 of your taxes, if you work at a company that has a donations matching program, you are then getting the OLPC laptop for $159.95 plus shipping while giving two laptops to two children in the third world.

[gonepishing]

my problem witht he olpc is looks... i wold rather have a cooler laptop that will have more userbase and support. the eee pc is better in my mind

[Charbax]

OLPC definately has a larger userbase and it is planned to have a userbase of 150 million users within a year, that's like the largest userbase of any laptop ever. Asus Eee is only a temporary thing since Intel and Asus are investing many millions to prepare a new fanless processor thus a new laptop for April (power consumption of OLPC is 5-10 times better). And about the looks, the OLPC screen looks much better,

[migman29]

you have to put ure child first because u are her/his parents

[davidsk8cat]

anyoe where i can get that screensaver on his second moitor from????

[wallball5]

I don't quite understand how the laptop is going to help the children. Are the teachers over there not doing their jobs correctly?

[mack069]

It will help children in developing nations understand technology better, and maybe help them get a career from their experience with a labtop

[westkan]

the laptops can help the children in the same manner computers help students everywhere else, most likely more so. Just another tool to be used, nothing about the job the teachers are doing.

[PlatonicKamel]

If I where a parent, my children would come before someone else's. It might be selfish, and unreasonable; but reason doesn't come into it... you want to provide as much for your children as possible. It would be awesome if THEY wanted you, as part of their present, to give something to a child less fortunate than themselves; but I'd be aiming for the best I could afford for my own children.

[westkan]

What children may or may not want depends on what they learn from their parents. In you want awesome you have to instill it in them. respectfully an all about us kind of attitude is not going to do it. When I was growing up we kids where given 8oz. milk carton like banks and encouraged and EXPECTED to give some of our coins to aid others. Is that done anymore?

[UberLithen]

What kinda 3world kids are we talking about?

3world kids (too me) is a black kid (nothing racisst about it) in the middle of the desert without electricity or water

help me get some perspective chris :)

[Colonelc81]

I want an Asus Eee PC so bad!!!

[kpslover]

This is a great program, If only I had the money, I'll ask anyone else to buy an OLPC. It's a great program!

[scorpio209]

agree with me or not, th OLPC is a stupid idea. the last thing on there mind is a fucking laptop, give then food, build them homes, schools, hospitals.... THEY DONT CARE ABOUT A COMPUTERS WHEN THERE STARVING!!!!

[mack069]

um..we're not talking about people on the brink of starvation, or without homes, we're talking about people who have necessities, but can't afford something like a labtop

[NWKklown]

AMEN.

give them what they need.

[scorpio209]

i would rather help people starving

[thedrizzle09]

Wouldn't It be more helpful for kids in third-world countries benefit from food, or clothes more than a laptop? Not saying that it is a good idea for a kid to learn, but isn't food more appropriate?

[MisfitDoctor]

they're not talking about kids who are on the bring of starvation, they're talking about kids who are in school, but cannot afford resources for learning.

[torawormser]

Just a question... what about our own children here in the states that can't afford computers or are homeless... ??? What are we doing for them?

[westkan]

A valid point. When you create similar program for disadvantaged children here in the U.S. post a vid. and/or request that CR interview you

[AkoyPinoy2]

Is Eee readable in direct sunlight?

[mattsuzanna1992]

the Asus Eee Notebook PC looks like one of those toy laptops, id go with the OLPC.

But the Asus Eee Notebook PC is a basic laptop, looks cheap, but it is worth it.

[a012345]

I hope you're being sarcastic.....

[jeremyaug1977]

they work vary hard to help needy kids :)

[RickyTomatoes]

You're a Mac user, so your elitism is forgivable.

[timg455]

It must be something about mac users, because I agree with him.

[timg455]

I agree. It would be a whole other story if the olpc was only 200, but for how it comes the Eee is the best choice. I am not going to spend my hard earned money on some lazy kid in Africa who can't buy there own.

[shelleycorbin]

a lazy kid in africa?!?!? lol, of the racist hypocracy! if YOU werent so lazy you would know

african young people are quite industrious. but thank the heavens you would seem to have very little to do with africa. i can assure you they are quite happy ignoring your existance!

[FathomZero]

Child labour, too? My, they ARE industrious.

[shelleycorbin]

industrious="constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied" M+W dic

i wasnt talking about factor laborno one would want to see any child slaving in a factory. what exactly is YOUR problem,anyway?

[warlordwaylander]

stupid question though erm whats ur irc channel

[Snakeyes11123]

Asus Eee= E. Good Job SWAT my buddy!

[boobooq88]

Intel and Mandriva are doing something similar to the OLPC but I dont really know the specifics.

[nitrousboy0311]

yer

[priceandpride]

interesting

[floatis]

awesome vid chris