Appliance Computers
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Appliance Computers for the $1/day Crowd
description
20 slide presentation that I gave as part of Ignite Berlin. Shares some of the insights I've learned on the path to distributing a low-power computer in rural Africa and our view on the PC market - namely that Intel/AMD overserve most people's needs and that if computer adoption is really going to take off, we need to start thinking of computers as appliances.
Transcript of Appliance Computers
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Appliance Computers for the
$1/day Crowd
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Mercy Foundation, Ghana
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Barriers to Consumption
+ + UI
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Intel/AMD Overshoot most
needs
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25Km (on these roads) to an Internet Cafe?
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$1/hour to write an email!?
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Computer as Appliance
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Most people just want
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• = only
option
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Who needs > 200Mhz?
“Good Enough” Computer Appliances
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Runs off:
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Less Expensive (and Smelly) than
Diesel?
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5 Minute Learning Curve
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Empower Everyone
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ALEUTIA E1 (just 8W)
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And Internet how?
Mesh Networks + GPRS
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“Killer Apps” Same as 90s
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Someday $10?