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SchoolBook
A standard-issue laptop computer for school use. (Read the full article)
| "This is pretty close to what was happening for a while (I think early 2000s) with 'free computers' loaded with ads and spywares you were under agreement not to get rid of." (Wiredandfired 4/5/2012 9:28:41 AM ) |
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