I’ve been reading a lot of blog comments about these fantastic new laptops, the 2go from CTL and Intel which I believe will revolutionize computing around the world.

It’s portable - it’s rugged, it does what any other computer can do, and it’s cheap - this single product will have as much influence on the computer world as the model T.

It will bring computing to the masses, I mean the world masses.

And it will put their young citizens on the map for the first time.

Because with these computers, they’ll grow up to become as valuable a commodity as the Ivy league preps living it up in SV.

Soon it won’t be just Indian or Russian outsourcing for top notch programmers, it’ll be programmers from the Gambia, Sierra Lione, Angola or Mali.

It was Bill’s dream to have a computer in every hut or household, what he didn’t reckon on was that the computers that will start this revolution will most likely run on a Linux variant. Vista is just too expensive for the purposes of progress.

These laptops are priced at just $500, and once a lot of them are second hand in a year or so, millions of them could be shipped over to the third world for $50 a piece.

Computers have been around for a while, but this is truly the start of the real computer revolution.

The Intel designed computer offers different choices to manufacturers so each can tailor laptop models for a variety of education needs.

The new classmate PC blueprint is the latest innovation and educational tool for parents and teachers to use technology, computers and Internet access to better educate students around the world.

Only 5 percent of the world’s children today have access to a PC or to the Internet,” Andrew Chien, Intel vice president said at the Intel Development Forum in Shanghai today.

Another way of ensuring that more of the world has access to affordable PCs is through the pre-owned and used market. Buying used computers and selling or trading consumer electronics that people no longer use is a sure fire way to ensure that people down the line get access to technology that is still up to date and useful.

Education is one of the best examples of how technology improves our lives.

We have seen how technology helps teachers create fun learning experiences more efficiently.

We have also been touched by children’s excitement when they are inspired by technology.

The Intel-powered classmate PC is one of the ways we support the IT industry in spreading the benefits of technology in education for children around the world.”