I'll ask tomorrow how much we get them/sell them for

I know one school told me they get them for 169.00 for the 4Gb version and I think 200 for the 8Gb version, but they weren't from us but I can find out

 

They already are taking them to school, as mentioned in my previous posts

Its looking like over the next 5 years (or within 5 years) all kids will have a laptop/portable device of some kind

At the moment it is up to the individual schools what they give to the kids, its currently a mix of Desktop PC's in the homes (we have supplied about 1000 of them up to now, including broadband) EDA's (a rubberised PDA) Laptops (mainly Toshiba A-120's again we have supplied over 1000 of these) and Asus EEPC's again we have supplied a quantity of these, and also the Samsung Q1's

We are (and have been for quite some time) installing managed wireless into a lot of schools, where previously it has been just to give them rough coverage around the school, to now making sure they can handle upto 30 devices per classroom in anticipation of every kid having a laptop/portable device

At the moment there really isnt a standard but those Elonex ones could just be the ticket for a very large proportion of schools

 

My god I remember our It class, we had 30 286 pc's and 1 386 with a cd drive, encarta 94 and a 14k modem Our IT teacher told us the internet was a passing gimmick.

 

i dont know enough about these to rate or slate them, but kids outgrow this sort of technology very quickly even 6 year olds.

laptops in general can be picked up relatively cheap now anyway.

will the actual software be a good representation of what is being used at present in the major systemns.

just thoughts i would consider, but if people feel they fit their needs then 100 quid is very affordable for families that really do not have the funds, but want their children to become computer savvy early on.

or as said above if you want to keep the kids of the more expensive stuff.

 

We had 1 BBC model B, and a dozen or so Tandy TRS-80's with a single shared 5 1/4" drive

 

Not quite sure how Windows, Office & Internet could outgrow even a 6 year old, I wouldnt bother buying them for the kids (unless you go to a private school) like I said over the next few years every child will have a Laptop or such device given to them from the school

 

I got one of the Asus Eee pc's to have a go with. For £220 I think its great. I know the Celeron CPU is toned down from its full speed but it starts up in seconds and is running XP service pack 2 perfectly well. Built in webcam, built in wireless, 512mb RAM which you can replace with 1gb for not too much and a 4gb hard drive. Even adding a 4gb or 8gb memory card to it bumping up your storage is not too expensive. You can stick it on a bigger monitor if the 7 inches is too small. It runs in near silence as well with no big fans or hard drives spinnig away.

Fair enough it is not going to replace a full laptop for features and grunt but its pretty good. A few people have said you get what you pay for but Asus is a decent make I thought and it seems well put together. I've seen new Dells that are a lot creakier and you wouldnt get much from them brand new at around £200.

 

Yay! Eee PC is great...

I bought two of them last week, for £212 each - at Heathrows T1 Dixons.

Black, 4GB model - looks good (not cheap 'n' toy like, like the white ones).

I've got it running the standard Linux with full 'Advanced mode' which looks and feels very like Windows. To be honest I was going to flatten it and put XP on, but am struggling to find a good reason why. Only slight issue right now is accessing Exchange mail from a propper client (ie one that will keep a local cache - like Outlook does). Struggling to get "Evolution' to read - sends OK.

Anyway, I've upped the RAM to 2GB and whacked a 16GB SDHC card in... so now have 2GB RAM and 20GB HDD, effectively. Open Office, Firefox, etc. Nice

OK - it's around the same price as a 'cheap' laptop... but I travel a lot and wanted something that I could put in a bag, rather than something that needed its own bag! Already got one of those...

At <£300 for this whole thing, which weighs <1Kg and is the size of a small paperback it's a winner in my view. It evens LOOKS like a shrunk fullsize laptop!

That Elonex thing is a lowly competitor, with v. limited RAM and expansion capability as far as I can see. Good for kids though, I'm sure...

DN

 

as soon as i see a good deal online ill click there is one for sale on here but dont think the bloke wants to sell it as never replys so **** it ill buy a new one. thats when i can find one anyway lol

 

....and I know for a fact that if I threw my Dell business laptop across a room it'd land in a crumpled heap, the screen would look all funny colours, keys would break off and the lid would have a large crack in it. Paint would also chip off in lots of places and the DVD drive would make very odd noises. Not that I've tried doing this about 2 months ago, you'll understand....

....But a similar flight by my Eee PC (open or closed) would see it remain its rugged good looks and perfectly functional demeanor. Not that I've tried this either.... obviously. But if you search Youtube you'll find that a few people have!

DN

 

When I started upper school (1981) we had *ONE* research machines 380z machine for the whole school, had to load basic interpreter off of a tape before you could even use it. By the time I left there was a dedicated computer room with 15 bbc b's in it.