{"id":266,"date":"2005-12-12T02:40:53","date_gmt":"2005-12-12T10:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feeds.computerworld.com\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?m=39"},"modified":"2005-12-12T02:40:53","modified_gmt":"2005-12-12T10:40:53","slug":"100-laptops-may-be-gadgets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/?p=266","title":{"rendered":"$100 laptops may be gadgets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/hardwaretopics\/hardware\/story\/0,10801,106982,00.html?source=x10\">Intel Corp. Chairman Craig Barrett<\/a>, the new $100 laptop, designed to be used by children and adults alike in the developing world. <\/p>\n<p>To quote from the article and Mr Barrett:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\"Mr. Negroponte has called it a $100 laptop -- I think a more realistic title should be 'the $100 gadget',\" Barrett, chairman of the world's largest chipmaker, told a press conference in Sri Lanka. \"The problem is that gadgets have not been successful.\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sadly I think he's right - the article goes on to explain that people want to be able to run PC applications - and again I think this is right. People want compatibility with the other millions of computers out there, not cut-down computers that have limited compatibility with other machines (except, maybe, for browsing the Internet and sending email) and the software they run.<\/p>\n\n<!--\n<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/02\/22-rdf-syntax-ns#\" xmlns:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/elements\/1.1\/\" xmlns:trackback=\"http:\/\/madskills.com\/public\/xml\/rss\/module\/trackback\/\">\n<rdf:Description rdf:about=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/blogs\/node\/1413\" dc:identifier=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/blogs\/node\/1413\" dc:title=\"$100 laptops may be gadgets\" trackback:ping=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/blogs\/trackback\/1413\" \/>\n<\/rdf:RDF>\n-->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.computerworld.com\/~a\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?a=d9T3IW\"><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.computerworld.com\/~a\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?i=d9T3IW\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a><\/p><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.computerworld.com\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?g=39\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/hardwaretopics\/hardware\/story\/0,10801,106982,00.html?source=x10\">Intel Corp. Chairman Craig Barrett<\/a>, the new $100 laptop, designed to be used by children and adults alike in the developing world. <\/p>\n<p>To quote from the article and Mr Barrett:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Negroponte has called it a $100 laptop &#8212; I think a more realistic title should be &#8216;the $100 gadget&#8217;,&#8221; Barrett, chairman of the world&#8217;s largest chipmaker, told a press conference in Sri Lanka. &#8220;The problem is that gadgets have not been successful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sadly I think he&#8217;s right &#8211; the article goes on to explain that people want to be able to run PC applications &#8211; and again I think this is right. 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