OPLC purchase period extended

[Paul Rubin]

Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> writes:
> The most imporant thing is that the "control" key is to the
> left of the "A" keay where god intened.  Not too surprising
> when you realized the design was headed by folks from the media
> lab at MIT.  MIT requires everybody to use Emacs, right?

You've got to remember that the OLPC was made for little kids, and as
such, the keyboard is quite small.  Also, because of its expected
physical environment, the keyboard is water resistant (membrane
cover).  These two things make the OLPC difficult enough for a
grown-up to type on that although I've played with a few, I don't
remember where the control key was, and as an Emacs user I usually do
notice things like that.  If you get an OLPC and plan to use it much,
you'll probably want an external USB keyboard.  The built-in keyboard
is ok for occasional portable use checking email and stuff like that.
It's really unsuitable for a full-time computer.