ICT in Education around the Globe: Update from Low-cost Laptops: <li> Light, sweet and not crude at all

ICT in Education around the Globe

Recent postings and updates about information and communication technology used in support of education development and reform internationally with special attention to North Africa and the Middle East. Also includes news from funders, support for ICT in education, citings of informative articles and books and an occasional posting about politics that might affect education development. Please send your project updates and suggestions for inclusions to gwoolley@link.net.

November 23, 2007

Update from Low-cost Laptops:
Light, sweet and not crude at all

Light, sweet and not crude at all. Peter Wayner. IHT. Online November 2007. The Asus Eee PC … 2 pounds, or 1 kilogram, …$400. … small seven-inch screen, a tight but complete keyboard, a flash disk drive, a relatively slow processor and a stripped-down version of the Linux operating system that runs the Firefox browser and Open Office productivity software. … Web-centered model of software delivery. .… there are instructions for installing Windows XP on the machine.

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