"Alright kids, we would love for you guys to design your
own optimal laptop computer...But first, have some acid."

CODIFEROUS

My computer would make me so much happier with a kitten button.

agahnim

@GizFanAlpha: Don't be a douchebag.

Someone buy these kids a ruler!

Kaiser-Machead

When i was 8 my dad had a macintosh 2. its white screen amused me for hours as i kept trying to get the paper airplane to fly across the screen.

Am i the only person thats concerned these kids are not only implementing online shopping, but iphones into their designed laptops? What does that say about us as a nation? Trust me I'm a fat kid in college, but wheres the "health tips" button? Or "advanced book assignments button?"

We need to check our priorities as adults so our kids don't grow up as ... well anyone who would design a dedicated iphone button. Kids of america FTL.

Gelnika

flipstart? Kickstart? *shrugs*

Brian Lam

@Reilao: The kickstart pc had a dedicated button like this. Defeatist attitude if you ask me.

Brian Lam

ewwwww... webkinz

johnson

I bet the :( button is a CTRL+ALT+DEL button. =3

Reilao

I was thinking dedicated open and close buttons like if you wanted to close a window or open a app. Use the Dpad to navigate and big buttons. Eliminate the double click make everything twice as efficient. Or maybe the laptop doesn't open from the top like normal laptops. I'm with Bryan you guys are just lame.

songs

@JAV: I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt, and say it was supposed to be CHores.

However, my next laptop will definitely need a Hamster (purple) and Pentagram (red) button. I won't buy otherwise!

Hvedhrungr

Don't sell kids short. What if "Open" brings up a menu of web sites and apps? what if "Close" shuts them down. On the other hand an open button on the outside would be cool. Press it and the machine unfolds ala Transformers :)

JAV

On the very Top Coner (Red) one of the buttons says Hores.. Maybe they ment Whore.. lol and ..@GizFanAlpha: chill there just kids..

DJJS

"Buyin.com" button FTW.

themightykorean

I also noticed the Open and Close buttons. But how are you supposed to press the Open button if the laptop is closed?

Oh dear. Time to go to bed.

bdkennedy1

I don't see a counseling button on there anywhere. Someone PLEASE draw a counseling button!!

bdkennedy1

@GizFanAlpha: Colombine much?

Brian Lam

The top one has an "imediet buy" button. Bezos is gonna sue the Osh-Kosh off of 'er.

dingus

I am going to be honest with you, the kids that designed these laptops should be executed, and their parents violently murdered. I don't care what those kids do. Nobody should have to subject themselves to this kind of torture.

GizFanAlpha

Oh what would this world be like without a kitten button....

P3nnst8r

So many priceless buttons: password unc33 & planter are my favorites

ridered

))><((

itchytooth

The first laptop doesn't have a wireless mouse so I'm out.

SnowLeopard

@Anwa123: Yea, that part freaked me out.

Brian Lam

Are you guys really giving laptops designed by 8 year olds criticism? You monsters.

Brian Lam

":)" and ":(" buttons... GENIUS!

Joseph

Where's the abortion button?

capitalass

i can assure you my eight year old sister is not this frigtarded

AznSmith

i can't stop laughing, someone give me some bad news

AznSmith

Ding, ding, here comes the shitmobile/laptop!

chuckwrona

Firewall...damn straight.

xtc46

Don't you love how the kid can spell itunes and iphone, but not homework (last row)???? Hahaha

Anwa123

I like the Maid, Chef and Butler buttons.

bdkennedy1

Is that KDE or Gnome? Hard to tell at these screen resolutions.

nightsky

I keep calling tech support, but all they talk about is rainbows and fairy princesses.

lucky_you

Rofl, what's the point of the OPEN button if the laptop is closed? Other than that I like the idea...

olion597

Ah.. the shop button. My wife has that on her computer.

The Brain

How do you send an email? There's no @ symbol? I was sold until I discovered that!

aussie

A key for the number 10. Pretty dope.

faust1200

@chuckwrona: Maddox strikes!
Awesome. These kids have great imaginations.

@Gelnika: Damn... let kids be kids for a while. Good Christ, no reason to make them "grow up" when they're 8.

thepounder

Harry Potter trivia? Lots!

RefinedbyFire

i am uncertain why i need a dedicated button for "HP Trivia" either... how much could there possibly be?

x23

Stop...must...breathe...laughing...typing...
Man, between the post and you guys that's some funny stuff.

Yeah, a couple of those keys are priceless indeed.

strider_mt2k

the "boyfriend" and "love" buttons combined with an 8 year old and the internet will get you no where good.

x23

The "cage" button could come in handy...

NightBlade

Sometimes a "cookie" is just a "cookie."

:) Angel (Star) !

92BuickLeSabre

I love these, colors, create pet buttons, yarn mouses and ditch that stupid QWERTY. Dont come down on the kids for doing it their way, let them create what they want. Things are only impossible if someone tells you they are. What if someone told 8 yr old Steve Wozniak, "Its impossible to build a computer"? I would be reading this on an old IBM Selectric (or not).

Curves

@RefinedbyFire: haha oh right... need to think like an 8 year old. i was seriously wondering how much Hewlett-Packard trivia was out there that i could possibly care about enough to have a dedicated button for.

x23

@olion597:
I'm thinking the "open" button is for opening programs.

hughjass

:) !!!! BUY BUY BUY

Luke

@P3nnst8r: The Most important thing is the distinction between 'kitten' and 'cat'. Because, you know, you might want both.

TheRunningboard7

Haha baby sister... WTF what about baby brother! Hmm yeah the red laptop has a whole bunch of random names on it... I doubt I could find something usefull to do with a Emma button... But the (christmas tree) button for sure! Everyday's christmas when you press the (christmas tree) button :D

DJTripleRRR

Man, if I saw one of these for sale, I'd be hitting the imediet button like STAT.

Amsterdaam

These are actually pretty good for 8-year-olds. If I designed a computer like this when I was 8, it would just be a picture of a T-rex eating a keyboard. And probably a sword drawn somewhere randomly on the paper. HP Conan Edition.

decerbo

Terrible. F-

Gann

Well, now I know who's designing all those branded toolbars (Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc.) for Internet Explorer.

On the average Windows user's system, Internet Explorer looks like someone loaded a shotgun with random bookmark buttons and fired it at the top of the window.

macserv

hores could be Horse

I love how they couldn't fit the entire alphabet on 1 row so XYZ are on the next line.

The 10 Key is classic

teamlouish

For shit sake they all have BUY on it! The top one even has immediate buy and buyin.com! What the hell is going on!

Daimyo Nintendo

Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy! So is that all kids think about these days in this country? Has anyone been to India or China - ever? These kids seem to think that a freaking $500 iPhone is something everyone should have? Rightly said . . . these 'tards don't even come close to the intellect, maturity and thinking kids from other countries display.

I feel its worse that this is being encouraged. The thinking indeed comes out in creativity! This is not innovation. This is expression. Maybe this can be used to decide which kids should serve as pot makers in Afghanistan for 2 years or send them to a shrink!

I am scared now . . . . the future of this country in the hands of a bunch of obese+fat kids growing up in a mall.

JJ910

art.lebedev.pwnd

ANoel

cute drawings. we all know designers steal their greatest ideas from kids...

slingblade

Hello, I am being President of Krapsylvania.
Please accept handshake to signify willingness to buy 5,000 units at $100 each for our wonderful childrens.
Please be advising when product will be developed so we can be burning you.
Is funny every time I do this.

Lorne

I wish I had a button for "babysitter"...

Seriously though, I need a key for the number '10'!!!

JasonCo

This is great. My kids have also designed 'laptops' made of paper at one point or another.

The interesting thing to me is how they view the technology as purely a means of doing something they want to do, rather than as a gadget for it's own sake, which is how too many engineers view technology, IMO.

These are 100% experience designs.

Sadly, they will be ridiculed, bullied, and straight-jacketed out of that free-thinking inventiveness all too quickly. The few that escape go on to create great things.

leMel

the next time some a-hole in a tiny african country sends me a fake check for a laptop, i'm going to send him one of these.

also, on that second picture....'babysitter', 'maid', 'chef' (and i bet the one next to that is 'butler'). kid's last name is probably "hilton".

beccamanns_theotherwhitemeat

Where's the "Don't Crash" button. That's what all laptops/computers need!

yougottabekidding

Wheres the ritalin button? should be right next to the homework button.

smeee

cute kids

Airblade

as a designer i get to challenge the typical every day. i think this is a great way to look at our traditional laptops. these really are not half bad ideas. it would sure make computer usuage a lot more efficient for the younger demographic.

red-design

Obviously your'e not getting it... a laptop the thickness and weight of a sheet of paper in witch keyboard and screen space are determined by the user! all keys are fully configurable (probably word recog sensitive) and god knows what kind of processor nd battery autonomy it has! unfortunateny those models look like mockups...or the system is frozen...

goodgil

@olion597: I was thinking the buttons were to open and close windows or applications...

Colby

i need a "coffee" key, a "cigarette" key, a "pr0n" key, and a "Download Metallica" key.

nutbastard

The sad thing about this is that 8 and 9 year old kids can't spell "family." They should spend less time at this club and more time reading.

Kered