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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Laptops for needy children
Here’s a deal for you: Buy a cheap laptop and do a good thing.
The North American launch of the One Laptop Per Child Project started on Nov. 12 and ends Nov. 26.
For $399, you get your own bright-green-and-white laptop with Linux operating system. And you give one to a needy kid in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti and Rwanda. Half that cost is tax-deductible.
The unit weighs about 3 pounds, operates from a rubberized keyboard and kid-friendly desktop icons. It brags about a battery life that four times longer than a typical laptop. Those of us who have laptops would want to check that claim before believing it.
It has extras like a built-in camera, memory-card slots, pop-up antennas for wireless Internet and three USB ports. You don’t need to be from a developing country to want a bunch of those.
I know you’ve got a lot of spending to do in the next month but doesn’t this sound like a good way to start?