hm.. I thought young children were the main target for these "computers." The idea of a full grown adult sitting there cranking his laptop is humorous to me and I'd imagine it would be quite degrading for the person having to do it. Picture someone like that sitting next to you in class... or even worse, a business meeting. The use of man-power to energize small emergency equipment such as flashlights and radios is obviously useful because those things are often kept in storage and only used during emergency situations when light and emergency broadcasting provide a great deal of service. What are you planning on doing with this computer during such a situation? Play WoW through your unpowered WiFi router and modem? Calculate taxes? There's plenty of reasons to hate Gates, but this isn't one of them, iago.