Comments on: Go buy an OLPC XO laptop. Er…, I mean, go buy two OLPC XO laptops…

By: techzoneX

techzoneX — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:21:33 +0000

great, let me try to cover this in my blog :)

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Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:55:31 +0000

[...] Ethan put an intriguing blog post on Go buy an OLPC XO laptop. Erâ�¦, I mean, go buy two OLPC XO laptopsâ�¦Here’s a quick excerptGizmodo has another predictable “I’ve never been to a developing country, so I’ll make jokes about it” post about XO machines shipping with a copy of SimCity: “If EA would donate their other property, The Sims, these kids can also … [...]

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:17:31 +0000

Just ordered mine! (I mean, I just ordered one for my six-year old son…) And cos, I was in the same boat as you. I just ignored the login and opted for the credit card payment. Paypal noticed my email of course, and suggested I log in to use my Paypal funds, but I continued on obstinately and they took the money off my card without further ado.

Now, I want the laptop! (I mean, I hope it gets here in time for Christmas. My son wants the laptop.)

By: quixote

quixote — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:13:37 +0000

I’m in California, and I set the alarm for 2:45 am so as to be sure not to miss out on my very own Green Machine.

I never thought I’d see the day when I was geekier than Ethan! ;-)

As for the doofuses who can’t understand the use of a laptop among “kids without sinks” (Jeeee-sus!), I saw the perfect comment at the end of a sometimes-funny post by FakeSteveJobs:

“Right, wrong, stupid or genius… I’m just human. I want STUFF and THINGS. …

“I say, This OPLC thing could work for everyone. These 3rd world kids don’t want food. What kinda fun is bowl of UN air-dropped mush? They want stuff. Give them a Laptop. …

“I want me an OLPC. I don’t have any stuff like that yet…”

What kind of fun is a bowl of mush? I want an OLPC.

Exactly.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:55:33 +0000

steph, that is a nice bonus!

By: steph

steph — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:35:15 +0000

Not that anyone needs more motivation to purchase the OLPC laptop (sorry, 2 laptops), but the free wifi for a year at any t-mobile hotspot is also a nice something extra, in case folks are more interested in maintaining their mobile (i.e., starbucks) offices than in global technology evangelism…

By: Cos

Cos — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:44:51 +0000

BTW, last week I sent an email around the office about this upcoming OLPC sale, and our Boston editor posted it as an “Editor’s Pick” event for this week. If you go to http://boston.going.com/ it’s right on the front page.

Our views counter only counts members with accounts who view an event (yeah, counterintuitive, I know). Almost 200 of them have viewed it so far.

By: Cos

Cos — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:42:38 +0000

I don’t think they do, not directly. They seem to take credit cards through paypal. But if I already have a paypal account and it’s linked to my bank account, I don’t think there’s any way for me to tell it to draw the money from my credit card instead of my bank account. Actually, maybe I can pretend to not have a paypal account… though I’d have to be careful to use a credit card I’ve never linked to a paypal account, and I don’t know if I have one of those…

If laptopgiving.org has a direct “pay by credit card” somewhere, I can’t find it.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:23:46 +0000

Cos, they take credit cards as well. Go buy one and be happy… :-)

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:01:37 +0000

Wow, the Gizmodo ‘humor’ in that link is…lacking.