Low-Cost Laptops: Quality Issues Raise Questions of Usefulness (TechNewsWorld.com)
Little, cheap and sturdy, laptops designed to bring technology to the children of developing countries are rolling out after years of promises. However, don't expect them to do much for high-tech kids in the U.S. This winter I handed one -- Intel's Classmate PC -- to my 14-year-old son, a high school freshman who has been pestering us for a computer to use at school.