a thousand pounds of laptops
by Christopher Blizzard
Today we received the first large shipment of laptops from the factory. I’m told it’s about a thousand pounds. The boxes are all labeled with the countries the keyboards are built for: The US, Nigeria, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil and Libya.
Each of the large boxes is a “five pack” and each smaller box is a single laptop. I managed to get this shot before the feeding frenzy began.
[...] Las laptops de OLPC que serán enviadas Nigeria, Tailandia, Argentina, Brasil y Libia ya están saliendo de la fábrica y en los próximos días llegarán a esos países para realizar las pruebas piloto. Así lo cuenta hoy Christopher Blizzard, quien además publica en su blog la foto que da cuenta de ello: [...]
Are the laptops going to be sent to Thailand? I heard that Thailand is having second thoughts: http://bangkokpost.net/News/28Nov2006_news04.php
We have a set of laptops for Thailand, yes. There are still folks inside of Thailand that are investigating and evaluating the laptop.
Hey Chris. Congrats on this accomplishment. OK to use a copy of your photo for the story I’m writing for DL.com?
Let ma know asasp!
thanks,
/cp
DesktopLinux.com
Also, let “ME” know, too! heheh
I actually mean the photo of the single laptop from Nov. 15. I should have been clearer.
;-)
/cp
I’d love to see more photos.
-T
LinuxLookup.com
More photos on the flickr group:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/onelaptop/
Psst… Want a Thai OLPC Children’s Machine XO-1?
Now according to Chris Preimesberger in eWeek:Apparently, Thailand, which only a few weeks ago endured a political coup, no longer wants [the test OLPC XO's], “even at $100 per box,” [Christopher Blizzard] added, directing blog readers to a story on…
Chris,
I’ve struck out the quote mis-attributed to you. But if in fact there is a spare OLPC XO, the offer still stands.
Not that Walter or Nicholas would ever allow it…
acredito que só com a inclusão digital de todos é que poderemos
diminuir as diferenças sociais no mundo.
Can you give some more detail on this: “Although making the machines available to the developed world at low prices would help minimize the laptop’s resale value on the gray market, Blizzard says OLPC has opted not to at this time.” http://hardware.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/12/01/1546208
Thanks.
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