LAPTOPS FOR THE WORLD? I DON'T THINK SO!
Boy am I in a cynical mode today! According to the One Laptop Per Child group, their new XO laptop computer is set to change the world and level that proverbial playing field - again. In an article from the good folks at eWeek, the $175 laptop is poised to give disadvantaged kids around the world the same access to porn, MP3s, viruses, adware, Instant Messaging, and rabid hate-speech as every other member of civilized society.
So handing laptops to the world makes it all better, eh? Folks, 90% of people who currently have computers have no clue how to use them, spend half the time downloading porn, have great difficulty copying a file from their hard drive to a USB drive, and complain that it's "too difficult." And you don't have to spend long in the Blogosphere to discover that those folks who at least grasp the basic concept of stringing words together and tossing them onto a web site end up writing the most pointless, egocentric, turgid drivel about their babies, pets, vacation in Cancun, and how much they hate foreigners.
No, a cheap laptop solves little, particularly in a world where most folks should stick to the technology that best suits their abilities - a piece of paper and a pencil with an eraser on the end; as complex a "delete" function as they can understand.
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All the devices and components are conveniently laid out in front of you, making it easy to reach what you need and modify the parts that bother you.
A Dell Refurbished Laptops OR Used Laptops For Sale, on the other hand, has to be opened up in a very specific way - this is different for each manufacturer and model, so you can't simply know what you have to do to get yours opened up - you need to be familiar with all the unique models there are and their intricate differences in their designs.
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