Cloudbook for Laptop Loaner
Submitted by Lori Ayre on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 4:00pmThe new Cloudbook is an ultralight PC (2 lbs) with all open source software installed including Open Office which provides a very nice substitute to the oh so pricey Microsoft Office suite.
At a cost of only $399, this might be a very nice option for libraries thinking about making laptops available to their users.
Not only is the OS (gOS Rocket) and the applications Open Source (Mozilla Firefox, gMail, Meebo, Skype, Wikipedia, GIMP, Blogger, YouTube, Xing Movie Player, RythemBox