2B1 laptops

This laptop for children looks like those candy like imac back in the year 2000 when Steve Jobs literaly reinvent the entire Apple image. Anyway, that candy like imac is history. This is the new imac - and according to New York Times, Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, and Thailand have all tentatively agreed to snap up 1 million laptops each.
That price also includes one server per school, a team of teach advisers to help with setup, satellite internet and other infrastructure to help make the laptops more than attractive paperweights.
I like this idea of one children a laptop but how far can it help in bringing up the country as a whole? Most kids learn how to use a comp because of games, and I believe this laptop is not built for that. Unless they get unlimited internet access with simple mind cracking games like those in Yahoo Games.
Tags: 2B1 laptops, Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria, Thailand
