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classmatepc.com - 2/19/2009
Intel-powered convertible classmate PC Technical Specifications
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CPU Intel ATOM processor N270 1.6GHz Processor Intel ATOM processor N270 1.6GHz Processor Chipset Intel 945GSE Intel 945GSE Formfactor Clamshell Clamshell / Tablet Memory 1GB / 512MB 1GB / 512MB Storage 8GB / 4GB / 2GB Flash 1.8" HDD 16GB / 8GB / 4GB Flash 1.8" HDD Operating Systems Windows XP / ...
To Linux or not to Linux?
education.zdnet.com - 2/19/2009
To Linux or not to Linux?
— education.zdnet.com — One request that actually made it past the budget gods for FY10 was 60 convertible Classmate PCs... (30 for each of two schools). These will replace aging stationary labs in the schools, freeing up needed space and allowing for redeployment of the older ... (more) To Linux or not to Linux?

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linuxplanet.com - 2/19/2009
Reports - How Many Linux Users Are There (Really)? - Everyone Uses Linux, No One Uses Linux
— linuxplanet.com — Everyone Uses Linux, No One Uses Linux Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:58:01 AM How... many Linux users are there really? It's a darn good question, and there isn't a darn good answer. In one way, we're all Linux users now.  ... (more) Reports - How Many Linux Users Are There (Really)? - ...

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blogs.the451group.com - 2/17/2009
451 CAOS Theory » Another desktop test for Linux
— blogs.the451group.com — I wrote last year about how netbooks represented one of the first times Linux was going head-to-head... on a more level desktop playing field against Windows. With word of a recent ‘hybrid,’ pre-installed Windows/Linux computer from Dell, I think we may ... (more) 451 CAOS Theory » Another desktop test for Linux

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Linux, Learning, and Little Kids [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... at his ZDNet Education blog. Dawson, the technology director of a school district in northern Massachusetts, had sixty new Classmate Convertible PCs fall into his hands, and wonders if the Linux-powered machines are a better option for the district. ...

Linux, Learning, and Little Kids
OStatic blogs — ... at his ZDNet Education blog. Dawson, the technology director of a school district in northern Massachusetts, had sixty new Classmate Convertible PCs fall into his hands, and wonders if the Linux-powered machines are a better option for the district. ...

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