“Michail Bietsas, MIT's director of computer systems told the BBC News website that laptops benefited primarily from mesh networking, as a way of sharing scarce net connections. One computer with a wi-fi or 3G net modem, for example, would share the connection with others in a classroom.” Writes bbc.co.uk in a review of laptops.
When one can go to buy laptops some things should keep in once mind. First is the company should be credible. Many company is there which have lunched the laptops. You can go through the reviews given by the different users and if you own laptops then you can even share your experiences with other users. A prototype of a cheap and robust laptop for pupils has been welcomed as an "expression of global solidarity" by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Nicholas Negroponte says about the laptops,“We really believe we can really make literally hundreds of millions of these machines around the world. “ He further says, "The idea is that it fulfils many roles. It is the whole theory that learning is seamless.” "Studies have shown that kids take up computers much more easily in the comfort of warm, well-lit rich country living rooms, but also in the slums and remote areas all around the developing world."
bbc.co.uk news writes, “Collaboration will also be encouraged by using open-source software, which the children could develop themselves and use in local communities.” "Every single problem you can think of, poverty, peace, the environment, is solved with education or including education," said Professor Negroponte. "So when we make this available, it is an education project, not a laptop project. The digital divide is a learning divide - digital is the means through which children learn leaning. This is, we believe, the way to do it."
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