Slog - Comments on Give One Get One http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one The ever-controversial "$100 laptop" (now only $200!) is now available through the "Give One Get One" program. For $399, you get a weird new laptop for yourself, a $200 tax deduction, and a second laptop is sent to "empower a child in a developing nation." T-Mobile will also give you 1 year of free access to their goddamned HotSpot network--a $350 value, by their loose definition of that word. Considering that these things are waterproof--and presumably coffee-, juice-, and donut-proof--we might just have to get a few of them for Stranger staffers.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:01:15 -0800 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:27:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Isn't part of this a tax deduction too?

Cool!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849590 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849590 Tech Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:08:10 -0800 Comment by arduous laptops or alien robots? hard to say.

]]> arduous http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849598 Tech Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:13:50 -0800 Comment by meh i'm getting an eee pc, myself.

]]> meh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849601 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849601 Tech Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:15:45 -0800 Comment by New Deal Demoncrat Does anyone know what the HELL the Hot Spot thing is supposed to do anyway?

]]> New Deal Demoncrat http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849633 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849633 Tech Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:34:59 -0800 Comment by Anthony Hecht @4: What do you mean? It gives you access wherever T-Mobile has taken over the internet, e.g. Starbucks, many airports, etc.

]]> Anthony Hecht http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849638 Tech Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:37:43 -0800 Comment by jewritto Damn you, T-Mobile hotspots! Why is it you can get free wifi at McDonalds and the Safeway deli but not Starbucks?

]]> jewritto http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849656 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849656 Tech Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:51:52 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways if you want them for the Stranger staff, i'd make sure they were bong-water and bourbon proof as well.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849667 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849667 Tech Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:57:21 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @6 - and most cafes in Fremont, where all the coffee is good, organic, and fair trade.

Ignore Hamstaville - that's my house and I don't share Net.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c849716 Tech Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:28:34 -0800 Comment by Kristin Bell Wow! That computer looks cute! Does it really work?

]]> Kristin Bell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c850277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c850277 Tech Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:55:36 -0800 Comment by PdxRitchie Do you?

]]> PdxRitchie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c850284 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c850284 Tech Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:37:08 -0800 Comment by Not A Starbucks Employee @6 -- coming soon...

]]> Not A Starbucks Employee http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c850674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/give_one_get_one#c850674 Tech Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:27:24 -0800