Acer just announced that they would develop a low-price sub-laptop. some might see it as a competitor to the OLPC laptop. i prefer to argue that the OLPC laptop is such a good concept that other companies (like Intel, Asus, and now Acer) are now doing the same.

i have been traveling with my Asus eee for now one month (i missed the opportunity to get an OLPC laptop), and i must say i really like it. it’s very compact, quite fast, extremely stable, has a good wifi, can run Skype, and is quite cheap (~350$).

just like it is very common nowadays to travel with a memory stick, in the future i can imagine that people might travel with a mini-laptop. this is very convenient, especially as wifi becomes more and more available.