[FredLUG] Re: Treat

[Paul W. Frields]

n Sat, 2007-12-22 at 11:52 -0500, Brian Maddox wrote:
> How old is your daughter?  I'm curious if she likes it or not since
> I've been thinking of getting one for my twins.

She's going to be 7 in March.  I think this laptop is pure gold for ages
6-12.  There's much in there to keep older kids happy, including a Web
browser, PDF reader, and introductory programming tools (a Logo-ish
program called TurtleArt, and Pippy, a kids' Python shell).

Let me point out one more time that Give One Get One (G1G1) is open
until December 31, and the financial benefits practically pay for the
$399 price tag:

* A $200 charitable tax deduction for the second laptop going to a child
in a developing nation
* A free year of T-Mobile hotspot connection, which is worth already
over $300 as I understand it

Not to mention your kids will love it.  It's pretty rugged, and built
for kid abuse.  Don't expect it to be quite as peppy as a dual-core
64-bit modern laptop, but for kids it's perfectly usable.  I didn't even
find it that sluggish myself, and I had a huge grin on my face while I
was playing with it.  The "fun" appeal of the thing is almost worth the
price alone.


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