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ARM Powered OLPC XO-1.75 Laptop Is Faster Than X86

Posted by Soulskill on from the hand-crank-technology dept.

Charbax writes "Not only is power consumption halved to less than two Watts and price of the motherboard reduced, the performance of the next generation OLPC Laptop is actually better for running full Fedora Linux compared to x86. Here's a video interviewing OLPC's CTO, Edward J. McNierney, where he explains how and why OLPC's world class engineers are making this change of CPU architecture. If OLPC XO-1 threatened Intel enough to start the netbook market and has reached two million poor kids in third-world countries thus far, XO-1.75 may help start the ARM-powered Linux laptop market. Do you think Fedora/Sugar will do, or should OLPC attract Chrome OS and Android solutions for education to get faster help from the big boys of Silicon Valley in bringing Linux software successfully to the next billion PC/laptop users?"

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  1. Funny by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's the intel laptops that cost an ARM and a leg.

    1. Re:Funny by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 4, Funny

      You had it and missed Anonymous!

      They cost an ARM AMD a leg!

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  2. Arm powered ARM powered computer? by schlachter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else notice that they are building an Arm powered ARM powered computer? Now requiring only half as many cranks.

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    1. Re:Arm powered ARM powered computer? by macraig · · Score: 1, Funny

      My family and friends insist that I'm seriously cranky, so I volunteer. Half - 1.

  3. Re:I want ARM power! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I want ARM power!

    Curls, reverse curls and seated presses are what you need to do.

  4. Re:I want ARM power! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about cheese curls? I do those all the time!