Technology

[NorthernRaider]

SS that's my thinking, there must (I hope) be a market perhaps for the African or South American market of a rugged very basic laptop that is so simple its not going to need updates or fancy software no fancy extra etc
One screen image no wallpaper choices, no fancy HD stuff

Modest processor no fancy quad core stuff
Access to basic E mail send and receive, no calendars etc
Google search with say ten favourites
Simple basic word processor
A file storage system for text docs and images

All stuffed into a durable case
and as cheap as possible.

The sort of thing you would get in the same sort of manner you buy a few UV5s for Em Comms or a budget PAYG cellphone to keep in your BOB.

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Conventional back up batteries like AA or CR123 and perhaps charged up via a small solar panel through a USB port???

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Like an adult version of something like this

http://laptop.org/en/laptop/index.shtml