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Colombia Signs Up For OLPC Laptops With Windows

Posted by timothy on from the buncha-the-green-ones-hold-the-sugar dept.

Reader Cowards Anonymous writes with this excerpt from Good Gear Guide: "Colombia will become the second country to use the One Laptop Per Child Project's (OLPC) XO laptops running Microsoft Windows XP in schools after signing an agreement for pilot programs in two towns. Schools in the towns of Quetame and Chia will be outfitted with the small green XO laptops developed by the OLPC. The pilot programs are expected to expand over time."

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  1. Tragedy by Divebus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't there enough pain and suffering down there?

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    1. Re:Tragedy by Smelly+Jeffrey · · Score: 5, Funny

      According to the spec, the XOs have a 433 MHz CPU and 256 MB of RAM.
      Windows XP requires, a 233 MHz CPU and 64 MB of RAM.

      I can just picture Microsoft suggesting that the XO is overpowered for the job, and that they should run Vista instead!

    2. Re:Tragedy by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 2, Funny

      You should have been modded funny instead: according to Microsoft.com, the requirements for bottom-of-the-barrel Vista Home Basic are:

      - 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
      - 512 MB of system memory
      - 20 GB hard drive with at least 15 GB of available space
      - Support for DirectX 9 graphics and 32 MB of graphics memory
      - DVD-ROM drive
      - Audio Output
      - Internet access (fees may apply)

      No way in hell that they're going to force that upon Micro-Laptops. If anything Microsoft are shooting themselves in the foot by keeping XP alive. Even Microsoft wouldn't be naive enough to believe that even a stripped-down version of Vista would run on one of those!

    3. Re:Tragedy by Hal_Porter · · Score: 1, Funny

      They must be on crack. Oh wait.

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  2. The real question: by Smidge207 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will they be reinforced to stop a 9mm round?

    =Smidge=

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    1. Re:The real question: by Eternauta3k · · Score: 4, Funny

      Whenever I see a moderation like (Score:0, Funny) I feel "I'm about to laugh at something I should be offended by"

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  3. gentlemen by nimbius · · Score: 2, Funny

    let the conspiracy madness begin :)

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  4. Cool by Rik+Sweeney · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now they won't need drugs mules anymore because they can simply email us the cocaine!

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