Mass OLPC Production Begins

eldavojohn writes to tell us that mass production of the first XO laptops has officially started. "The commencement of mass production means children in developing nations could have the rugged, open-source laptops in hand starting this month. The OLPC has already announced orders for kids in Uruguay and Mongolia. (Residents of the U.S. and Canada participating in the Give 1 Get 1 program--which donates an XO to a child in a developing nation for every machine sold online--are expected to start getting laptops in December.)"

Comments

Made in China?

[cthulu_mt]

Hopefully these Playskool laptops contain less lead than other recent toys from China.

Re:Thank you OLPC

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't you pathetic fucks ever get tired of this same old line?

I bet you mention chair-throwing every time a Microsoft article comes up. Or whatever other knee-jerk meme you feel compelled to repeat at us over and over as if it had any life left in it whatsoever.

I for one do not welcome our unimaginative cliche-ridden overlords.

Re:Thank you OLPC

[PMBjornerud]

Actually, Natalie Portman think memes are cute.

Re:How about

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm buying one of these because I want to have a computer I don't have to worry about. This thing is designed to be dropped, to have stuff spilled on it, to thrown in a bag. I'm buying one of these because I travel a lot and when I travel all I want to do is ... ... rent an adult movie at the hotel I'm staying at, slather up my cock with shaving cream, sit back stroking my meat, and then spill my love juice all over the screen and keyboard. Then I'll urinate all over it to clean up the keyboard before I lick it down.