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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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    Most of the stuff on /. won't survive first contact with facts.
    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!