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Valid points. I wish that simply making slightly outdated equipment easily available to anyone who wants it, but doesn't have the economic means would gain mor
by TrevorJ 17y ago
Valid points.
I wish that simply making slightly outdated equipment easily available to anyone who wants it, but doesn't have the economic means would gain more traction.
Even if the hardware/software is outdated moving from windows 95 to windows Vista is less of a cognitive leap than going from Sugar to Windows or Linux or something.
I think we sell kids short in terms of how much they can catch onto by playing around. I don't see the point in giving them a dumbed-down OS instead of a 'real' one.
- TomOfTTB 17y agoNetbooks are getting to that point. They're both in the pircerannge of the OLPC (with a hefty discount for Governments buying in the 100,000 range) and they have mass market appeal behind them which should hopefully push software. Honestly, I'm surprised the market for netbook specific children's games isn't larger
- TrevorJ 17y agoWhat would you consider 'netbook specific'? I've been able to run several mainstream games on my netbook pretty decently.
- andreyf 17y agoI think Sugar is "a dumbed-down OS" the way Picasso made "dumbed down paintings".