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I don't see how this PC works. How do I plug it to a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and outlet? Even if the PC only costs $25, will schools have to buy extra equip

I don't see how this PC works. How do I plug it to a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and outlet? Even if the PC only costs $25, will schools have to buy extra equipment to allow use of the above accessories?

burgerbrain 15y ago
Did you look at the images? It has use and hdmi.
- CCPancakes 15y ago
  I did look at the images, and I already figured out that this $25 computer has USB and HDMI outputs. I don't see how most keyboards, mouses, and monitors will be able to connect to it. This device has one USB output. A mouse and keyboard will need one USB output each, so to use this $25 computer you need to buy an additional device that allows the connectivity of multiple accessories. Not all keyboards and mouses connect via USB, so some users will have to buy new keyboards and mouses just to use this "cheap" computer. And not all monitors will be able to connect via HTMI. Users with another kind of monitor will need to buy some additional technology that allows these other monitors to plug into the $25 computer. So how do I connect my equipment into this computer? It's not obvious just by looking at the picture.
  - burgerbrain 15y ago
    Unpowered USB hubs cost nickels these days, and I don't think I've seen a new mouse or keyboard that isn't USB for nearly a decade (PS/2 -> USB converters are similarly dirt cheap anyway...) Additionally, any new monitor for the past few years ships with HDMI. I've got to say though, if you succeed in making a computer so cheap that people complain "but I have to buy a mouse made in the current or previous decade???", then you've done a damned good job.
    - duskwuff 15y ago
      > Additionally, any new monitor for the past few years ships with HDMI. Also, all monitors besides the cheapest / oldest models will have DVI input, which you can easily get from an HDMI port. The only displays you can't easily drive from this device are those which only take VGA input.

burgerbrain 15y ago

Did you look at the images? It has use and hdmi.

CCPancakes 15y ago
I did look at the images, and I already figured out that this $25 computer has USB and HDMI outputs. I don't see how most keyboards, mouses, and monitors will be able to connect to it. This device has one USB output. A mouse and keyboard will need one USB output each, so to use this $25 computer you need to buy an additional device that allows the connectivity of multiple accessories. Not all keyboards and mouses connect via USB, so some users will have to buy new keyboards and mouses just to use this "cheap" computer. And not all monitors will be able to connect via HTMI. Users with another kind of monitor will need to buy some additional technology that allows these other monitors to plug into the $25 computer. So how do I connect my equipment into this computer? It's not obvious just by looking at the picture.
- burgerbrain 15y ago
  Unpowered USB hubs cost nickels these days, and I don't think I've seen a new mouse or keyboard that isn't USB for nearly a decade (PS/2 -> USB converters are similarly dirt cheap anyway...) Additionally, any new monitor for the past few years ships with HDMI. I've got to say though, if you succeed in making a computer so cheap that people complain "but I have to buy a mouse made in the current or previous decade???", then you've done a damned good job.
  - duskwuff 15y ago
    > Additionally, any new monitor for the past few years ships with HDMI. Also, all monitors besides the cheapest / oldest models will have DVI input, which you can easily get from an HDMI port. The only displays you can't easily drive from this device are those which only take VGA input.