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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Best Laptops Under $500-5]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thank you so much for including the XO Laptop in your review.  When the possibility to give one/get one was made available at 6amEST on Nov 12, I was on the telephone at 6:12am to order mine.  It arrived shortly thereafter. Yes, it is an amazing little machine that has enormous possibilities to change the face of education in third world countries around the world. My only disappointment is that they have the QWERTY keyboard which was first introduced by Christopher Sholes in 1873 "to be the most complicated arrangement of the keys possible." It was so arranged for the specific intent to slow typists down so that gravity would not jam the keys. In spite of the fact that August Dvorak in 1936 through scientific examination of "typing behavior" designed a keyboard that is easier to learn, faster to use, less fatiguing, and fewer mistakes, computer makers insist on installing the anti-engineered keyboard on all machines.  The Dvorak keyboard is available in the software of PC's; however, I have not yet been able to find it on the XO.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurence A. Becker, Ph.D.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2008 10:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Best Laptops Under $500-5]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[I love playing on my XO. <br>It is much faster with a wired internet connection (using a USB/ethernet adapter.)<br> I also like the small keyboard very much.<br>Now if there was only a local XO group...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[chris4lawre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 22nd 2008 10:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Best Laptops Under $500-5]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[Heh yeah it's great.  Have the people who wrote this article read ANYTHING about the roll out of these P.O.S's?  They're absolute garbage.<br><br>As for the comment above...screw your head on straight doc.  Whatever the reason for the development of the qwerty keyboard, it's the standard, and is here to stay.  Normal people who've grown accustomed to it do quite well with it (I type 120 WPM or thereabouts when I'm really cooking).  So no offense, but you're living in a dreamworld if you think ANYBODY is going to release a piece of hardware with a non qwerty keyboard as standard faire.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 17th 2008 6:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Best Laptops Under $500-5]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[spend a few dollars more and get yourself a Sony dual core<br>to enjoy processing speed and efficiency ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[get real]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 14th 2008 12:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Best Laptops Under $500-5]]></title><link>http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.switched.com/2008/02/14/best-laptops-under-500-5/</guid><description><![CDATA[Go to the Sunday paper, look at Best Buy, Brandsmart, Circuit City, Office Depot, etc.  You can pick up quality products like Toshiba (half of what you reported no one ever heard of) for right around $500, some around $450, with dual AMD processors.  This is not a good article.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[garyrjas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 14th 2008 7:50AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
