Have you seen the latest in affordable computing? Currently there are two flavors of affordable ultra-portable laptops. One is the Asus Eee Pc and the other is the result of the One Laptop Per Child organization the XO-1. I had started to blog something about this earlier this summer prior to the open market release of both of these machines but have only now had a chance to do so. I am really intrigued by not just the thought of being able to finally offer an affordable laptop for children or adults in developing countries, but also the impact they will have on the rest of the already computerized world. With a glut of fully functional machines such as these eventually available for in most instances less than what most folks earn in a day at work they will be literally everywhere. I would like to spend the next week doing a blog series touching on both these machines. How they have faired since they have gone public so to speak and where they are being used. Sorry I hope to not be to boring but these are such cute and functional machines and I have found already a lot of talk about them out on the web so I hope to be both entertaining as well as informative.  
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