[LINK] One Laptop per Child

[Howard Lowndes]

Ivan Trundle wrote:
> A slightly-less enthusiastic commentary (more balanced information??):
> 
> http://chronicle.com/free/2005/11/2005111602t.htm
> 
> And speaking of the display (B/W, etc):
> 
> Interesting compromises made along the way: I wonder how many web  
> designers will now start making their designs fit 800 x 600 pixels  
> again (the specs for the laptop) for the millions that end up with  
> these machines?
> 
> As an aside, I was wandering through a government department the  other 
> day and observing how they used their computers. Most had 17"  screens 
> (bosses appeared to have 19" or larger) yet a large number (I  
> calculated around 40 to 50) were using their 17" monitors with an 800  x 
> 600 pixel resolution - so they could read more comfortably. Quite  an 
> eye-opener! (pardon the pun...).

Yes, vanity comes into it.  I have a client who uses a 19" screen at 
800x600 because they don't want to be seen wearing glasses.

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