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First Look At Final OLPC Design

Posted by kdawson on from the thinking-of-the-children dept.

blackbearnh writes "At the Consumer Electronics Show on Monday, AMD hosted a presentation of the final Industrial Prototype (Beta 1) of the One Laptop Per Child XO Laptop. Linux Today has extensive reporting, including new photos and details about power consumption, networking, and the logistics of distributing and servicing what will be the largest rollout of any computing platform in history: 5 million units in the first year. This will represent nearly a 10% increase in the total worldwide laptop production for 2007."

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  1. Won't someone think of the environment! by Timberwolf0122 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Great 5 million laptops all needing more power. Say 100W per laptop, 500MW extra power is now needed to run them, allowing for 1/3 loss due to transport of said electricity and thats nigh on 700WM!?
    If they are being deployed in developing countries you can be the power comes from fossile fuels (being cheap and readily available, heck it's why the developed world uses them. Plus the UN/US wont let anyone else have nuclear technology as there is a potential bomb-risk).

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