Comments on: XO Laptop available at Amazon in November, maybe with Windows XP?

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By: FloridaHealthInsurance

FloridaHealthInsurance — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:27:34 +0000

I am looking forward to buy one for my kid. If it comes with XP that makes even more better to use. Cause they will have similar environment.

By: UnlockiPhonesoftware

UnlockiPhonesoftware — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:27:34 +0000

I am looking forward to buy one for my kid. If it comes with XP that makes even more better to use. Cause they will have similar environment.

By: UnlockiPhonesoftware

UnlockiPhonesoftware — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:13:32 +0000

I think putting windows on the XO is nothing short of a bastardization of everything that device stands for. If MS's intended isn't to somehow use this device as a Trojan horse to get its software into other places (maybe third world govt' computers) then I don't understand why they would want their OS as a competitor in a contest for which Windows of any version is unsuitable. I am sick and tired of these “Apples and Oranges” comparison between windows and Linux*. XO was not designed to use Windows and any attempt to justify otherwise is nonsense.

By: eve isk

eve isk — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:48:02 +0000

However, I would wonder how the XO can actually run MS Office on XP? Do you REALLY mean OFFICE, which is extremely bloated and expensive? Or would they mean a slimmed down version of MS Works? Which MS tend to include on mini-notebooks.

It would be interesting to see how XP runs on the XO in the field. And how long it stays up when connected to the internet. The general opinion seems to be that XP connected to the internet lasts around 12 minutes, maybe more on a slow link, before the computer is zombified.

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Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:33:08 +0000

[...] Como señala Ars Technica, el pedido de Venezuela no sólo constituye la compra única más grande realizada hasta la fecha del Classmate PC, sino que supera por si sola a las ventas totales que ha conseguido hasta el momento todo el proyecto OLPC. Aunque el portátil OLPC XO tiene el mérito de haber creado y de haber hecho despegar el mercado para los portátiles de bajo coste, no ha conseguido la popularidad del Classmate de Intel que es capaz de correr Windows XP. Será interesante comprobar si las ventas del OLPC XO despegan ahora que también puede ejecutar Windows botándolo desde una tarjeta SD. [...]

By: sracer

sracer — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:32:08 +0000

I don't know how well these will sell unless they implement power management (including suspend/resume) that doesn't corrupt SD cards, provide drivers for the stylus areas, and improve the performance and capabilities of Sugar.

If they come with a more traditional Linux distro installed and/or optimized version of XP, then it could really shake things up in the netbook arena.