Linux, Zaurus, cheap wireless internet

[Leo Mauler]

Why not just look into older Pentium II laptops with
Type II PCMCIA slots?  I bought one a year ago for
$240 ($275 after upgrading RAM from 64 to 128MB; $40
for the 802.11g wireless card), they're bound to be
cheaper now and certainly by the time any city-wide
program is implemented.

Using Pentium II laptops means its still portable,
left/right-hander equal use, and the end user might
even be able to afford one of them with little to no
city/county/state subsidies.  End users may not have
the battery life for extensive use away from a power
outlet, but even a Zaurus or Nokia phone needs a power
outlet for charging.

I upgraded to 128MB to be able to run OpenOffice.org,
but 64MB (or even a little less) is good enough for
Mozilla.  Depending on the office needs of the end
user, Abiword and Gnumeric also run nicely in 64MB.

--- Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com> wrote:

> My only problem with the Nokia is that is it
> obviously designed for righthander use.  Stylus 
> in the right and nav buttons on the left. Approx. 
> 1 of 9 people will hate that setup, me included. 
> :)  It's not hard for me to use a mouse/trackpad 
> with my right hand, which I do normally, but 
> holding a pen or stylus is difficult.
> 
> Jon.
> 
> On 6/30/05, Jared <jared at hatwhite.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Wow. It just was released, and runs on Debian:
> > 
> > http://www.maemo.org/index.html
> > 
> > The Nokia 770 device will sell for about $300
> > initially.  Now I gotta go find a city council 
> > who can sponsor all the poor people in the city
> > owning one of these.
> > 
> > I've been thinking of this idea for years, now 
> > it is finally viable. Yay.
> > 
> > -Jared


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