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No. $250 is ridiculous, even for buying everything new. I just spent 2 minutes googling: Amazon Class Class 10 8 GB SD Card: $9 Best Buy 20" LCD: $90 Key
by eupharis 15y ago
No. $250 is ridiculous, even for buying everything new. I just spent 2 minutes googling:
Amazon Class Class 10 8 GB SD Card: $9
Best Buy 20" LCD: $90
Keyboard: $15
Mouse: $7.54
Speakers: $10.54
Total: $132.08
If you go to your local thriftstore, you could get all of these for <$50. Not sure if you have ever been a poor kid or not, but take it from me, this computer WILL bring computing to kids who would not otherwise have access.
- corin_ 15y agoAs a former middle class kid at rather pricey private schools... will bring computing to plenty of kids whose families could afford much more, too.
- zvrba 15y agoOK, living in Norway, prices are "somewhat" higher. On the website of a popular computer-shop (digitalimpuls.no), the cheapest screen I found was Iiyama LCD 24" for 1100 NOK =~ 200 USD. (All other screens, also smaller, were more expensive.)
- eupharis 15y agoAh ok. That makes sense. As an American, I take it as my god-given right to jump to conclusions based on American conditions ;) I also had the thought that at many American schools/libraraies I bet you could find a sympathetic IT guy to give ya some old parts that are on their way to the scrap yard. And I know of at least one computer non-profit recycler in my city that would hook kids up. Point is, the peripherals of computers, including monitors to a certain extent, are abundant. Tiny, relatively fast computers capable of putting out 1080p are not.... Or I guess I should say weren't!