Re: [MLUG] Anyone planning on getting a OLPC laptop?

["Mark Rages" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Nov 12, 2007 1:31 PM, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Mark Rages wrote:
>
> > There are a lot of cool ideas in the OLPC laptop:
> >
> > http://bc.tech.coop/blog/071112.html
>
> Amazing -- it really exists now and is on sale?  Why does the program last
> for only two weeks??!  I'll have to think about it.
>
> My wife's family is in Quito, Ecuador, and they are all quite poor by our
> standards.  All of her nieces and nephews could use these laptops.  To pay
> $400 each is a little steep, but if I could get them for $200 apiece, I
> might just buy a dozen and have them shipped directly to Quito.
>
> One major issue:  Do they have a Spanish-language version of the OS and
> other software?  I didn't see "language" mentioned on that page.

I'm pretty sure Spanish is supported.  They were beta-testing in Peru.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG
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Mark Rages, Engineer
Midwest Telecine LLC
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