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Originally Posted by Table 5
I dunno, a computer these days is a vital of a tool as one can have. What else would you propose?
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I agree, vital, especially for students and teachers.
What I would spend it on? More scholarship funding, money for more universities, teachers. Money for vital technology.
Lets face it, the $35 computer is a GREAT idea. Subsidized or not. But is it THAT vital?
Being able to browse internet, look at PDFs and watch Youtube doesn't sound like much of a computer to me.
Now, if the government would do a 'one laptop per child' type deal for a student that goes to university, I would say that is a better idea.
Then again, I don't know the ACTUAL cost of manufacturing this thing. So who knows how much it will cost.
A couple hundred million? Might be too much, might be nothing.
I do doubt that they just cost $35. People in the US would be all over that.