OLPC - Nov 12 launch

[Ben Scott]

On Nov 7, 2007 2:00 PM, Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:
> What sort of uses are you thinking of applying your toys towards?

  Uses?

  =^)

> too small for your fingers to type on

  Have you seen my PDA?  It's keypad is smaller than some touchpads
I've seen.  This would be a step up.  :)

> But I'm more inclined to use some low-power machines as mini-servers ...

  I'm not really sure what I'm looking for, but I have vague notions
about something that is small light, and durable enough to keep in my
handbag all the time.  A regular laptop is too big, too heavy, too
delicate, and too expensive to risk that, and I don't want to have to
lug another/bigger bag around.  These new gadgets are small and light.
 They're cheap enough that I wouldn't be constantly nervous about
breaking it.  They're durable, with no moving parts.  They've got
wireless and a real display and a real OS, so I could use it for web
browsing, SSH, etc., on the go (which my PalmOS-based handheld really
isn't all that good at.  )-: ).  Beyond that... ummm... they're
shinny!  :-)

-- Ben