After much anticipation and hordes of coverage, the first OLPC ($100 laptops) laptops are being shipped. Only 10 units so far have made it out the door, and are going to be evaluated as beta hardware to see how they function.
Once everything clears, another 900 are planned and will be sent to the OLPC project, for distribution in various parts of the world. The pictures of it make it look quite like a toy, but closer examination reveals a fairly rugged machines with an ample screen, keyboard, touchpad and antennas. Interesting stuff.
News source: TechSpot News
Once everything clears, another 900 are planned and will be sent to the OLPC project, for distribution in various parts of the world. The pictures of it make it look quite like a toy, but closer examination reveals a fairly rugged machines with an ample screen, keyboard, touchpad and antennas. Interesting stuff.
News source: TechSpot News
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That laptop looks like it came from out of space ..... O_o
It could... but it doesn't matter for those who don't have computers now does it?
Don't know how you plan on buying one, as these currently have no plans for commercial/public sales. There have been suggestions floating around to sell them at $300 each to the general public, with $200 of that sale going back to OLPC units for more children. But that has gone nowhere, I believe.
Kids in so-called developed countries get killed on the street for the shoes they wear. The world is not a perfect place, but it doesn't mean that people should try to make things better.
You can use an emulator (QEMU or VMWare Player) to boot up OS images for this project!
Might be interesting to take a peek at what these systems look like when running...
These sound very cool.
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