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Children's Reviews of OLPC XO Technology (OLPC News)Children's Reviews of OLPC XO Technology (OLPC News)Posted Aug 14, 2007 16:02 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333)In reply to: Children's Reviews of OLPC XO Technology (OLPC News) by xoddam Parent article: Children's Reviews of OLPC XO Technology (OLPC News)
Ya.. that's a concern for me also. Laptops are notoriously bad as far as ergonomics go.
sure, sure on the road or for a little bit the trackpad and keyboard on them is fine, but it's really damaging to use them for a long time. If I was to use a laptop as my main PC I'd be sure to have a dock, bluetooth, or other thing were I can easily use a separate keyboard and mouse.
In the pictures the kids are using them flat on the ground.. the wrist bending up like that is _very_ bad. It's ok to be sitting on the ground, but the laptop needs to be up on something so that it's even with the elbows when they are at the children's side. That way that puts lot less strain on their developing joints.
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Children's Reviews of OLPC XO Technology (OLPC News) Posted Aug 14, 2007 17:57 UTC (Tue) by dlang (subscriber, #313) [Link] so does this mean that kids should not be given laptops because they may not use them 'properly' from an ergonomic point of view?
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