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OLPC Halves Power Consumption For XO 1.75

Posted by timothy on Friday January 7, 2011 @06:53PM from the conservative-versioning dept.

angry tapir writes "One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has reduced the price of the next version of its notebook to US$165 and power consumption has been slashed by half compared to the previous version. The XO-1.75, with its 8.9-inch touchscreen, will start shipping in the second quarter of this year."

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Re:No flash or Java by Nursie · 2011-01-07 23:10 · Score: 4, Informative

Flash is a curse on the web...
But it does work on some ARM stuff. Just because Apple doesn't have it doesn't mean others don't. I have it on my N900, for instance.