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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. Design issue alert! by zanderredux · · Score: 2, Funny
    You have to look at this through the needs of a child [in the developing world]. A child doesn't want to play the latest video games. he wants to be able to read a book.
    It seems that they got the design requirements wrong! Where I came from, people couldn't care less about books as long as they could play Tetris....
    1. Re:Design issue alert! by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 1, Funny

      Tetris schmetris. It should come with duke nukem forever preloaded!

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    2. Re:Design issue alert! by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny

      Exactly. It's the same as with girls. The digital version is much cheaper than the exteriorized rib edition.

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  2. Goodbye, Commodore! by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 3, Funny
    "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."

    Well, so much for the C64 world domination. It was fun while it lasted.

    ... Wait! With this production rate, it's more than three years to go, isn't it? Hmm, I guess I can snog my little lovely breadbox for some more time.

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  3. Someone's smoking crack... by Daemonik · · Score: 1, Funny

    "You have to look at this through the needs of a child [in the developing world]. A child doesn't want to play the latest video games. he wants to be able to read a book." What reality does this dude live in that he believes a kid would choose "Pride and Prejudice" over Halo?
  4. Re:Playstation buttons by daranz · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's another one of Sony's uncoventional and widely ineffective marketing campaigns. This one targets third-world children as potential PS3 users.

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  5. FURTHER OLPC BENEFIT! by allanc · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just realized, if we make entire generations of young children in developing nations into computer geeks who can't get laid, we'll also solve the developing world's problems with:
    1. Overpopulation
    2. Teen pregnancy
    3. AIDS and other STDs

    Now I'm even more in favor of the OLPC project!