Intel with a scheme similar to the OLPC - Intel class computer. This initiative is part of Intel obrazovanja.Intel colleagues in being angry, children laptop computers in education, as one laptop per child foundation -. Both commendable aspirations
But there the similarities end ...
Unlike the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, a student PC is a commercial product like any other product Intel produce. It is only available for those who can afford it. It is making technology available to those in developing countries and children, but not practical.
is on sale at Amazon, and undermines the XO laptop, "Give one, get one 'scheme. Remember though, if you buy a laptop colleague just buying one - and inferior product in to.Acer Aspire One is cheaper if you are looking for a mini laptop, but has higher specs. With similar money, OLPC will ship two XO laptops, one for you and one to one where we can help transform lives through education.
That said, as Intel did is part of the solution to education. Intel said that they were aimed at "middle stage in developing countries, where some of the technology already exists and colleagues is easy to expand on it.
"Intel Education Initiative" is a program designed to help produce the next generation of innovators who are going to take the technology forward. Intel to spend a whopping $ 100 million on teacher training, teaching at universities around the world in mathematics, science and technology.
Education Initiative is all part of 'Intel World Ahead Program "that focuses on making technology available to connect people through wireless technology, quality education and the creation of localized content and services as more people become connected to each other.
first, very similar to the XO laptop in size and weight, 7-inch 800 x 480 color LCD display and powered by Intel Celeron M 900MHz processor - just like the first Asus Eee PC. It is 245 × 196 × 44 mm and weighs up to 1.45kg.
The second generation version is slightly smaller and lighter, has a powerful new Intel Atom processor and is available with a 8.9 "1024 × 600 LCD color screen. It has also improved battery life, additional cameras and the network of networks.
Both are available with XP Professional or Linux, a feature 10/100M Ethernet and 802.11b / g WLAN, integrated 2-channel audio, microphone and speakers, as well as 2 USB ports and an SD slot.
For those who need a rugged notebook, was a colleague of possible options. It is designed to be hitting more than other laptops and netbooks, and yet there XO.XO version of Microsoft XP are available that can assist in communion through the entire network of computers. For these reasons, the organizers of "Racing Planet" to use the class for athletes, medical teams, press and the likes of the communication and computing. "Racing the Planet 'is the endurance competition that challenges contestants to pass some of the toughest terrain on earth, from Antartica to the Sahara Desert.
"We travel light and fast during the race, and we simply can not use equipment that does not work," said Mary Gadams, CEO of Racing Planet. "At this point, there is no better device out there that meets the requirements of the Race Planet ."
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