Comments on: People’s PC, Laptop Edition

By: ka edong

ka edong — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 07:33:40 +0000

Does the CICT partnership mean that the people’s PC is pre-installed with bayanihan linux ( http://www.bayanihan.gov.ph/ )? or could buyers have the Bayanihan Linux OS installed upon purchase?

What’s the latest word on bayanihan linux? the version i tried (the second lauched) didn’t get me far as a newbie with linux in 2003.

ka edong

By: joachim guanzon

joachim guanzon — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:45:50 +0000

true that!!! damn, or i’d get myself a mac mini and an in dash 7″ motorized screen DVD player (as a monitor) for my car. perfect for wardriving…

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:58:48 +0000

For $1,000 I’d get myself an iBook 12″. 🙂

By: joachim guanzon

joachim guanzon — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:52:37 +0000

so far the cheapest laptops i’ve ever seen with better-than-normal specs is averatec… for about $1000 (or most of the time less) you can get a hold of an above mediocre intel-based laptop.

By: irvin

irvin — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 08:51:24 +0000

No WiFi capability? I will be having second thoughts about this. I mean, what’s the purpose of being mobile if you’ll just end up “unplugged”. And at a price of P30,000? Add a few thousands more you can get a much better hardware. Migs already wrote about this.

https://pinoytechblog.com/archives/budget-laptops

By: darksparrow

darksparrow — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 03:14:25 +0000

sana meron din hulugan..

By: mr nice ash

mr nice ash — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:09:56 +0000

this could be really beneficial. not only for students but for everyone. if the manufacturers will make the package really efficient and reliable, why would one go for an expensive laptop? and that i think will make a quick boost in pc market. i believe that there were peoples pc program for desktops too. for the price affordable but the specs were seemingly low.

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 23:05:37 +0000

Schools and students perhaps? Universities abroad encourage students’ use of laptops. Many hardware manufacturers even have student discounts. Imagine buying an Apple iBook for 80% of the retail cost. Sweet!

Now if we can have something like that here, with the hardware costs subsidized, socialized, or at least broken down into installment-type payments, laptops would be more affordable to students, who would most likely be one of the consumer groups who’d get the most benefit from this People’s PC project.