Interested in getting your hands on a pre-release OLPC XO 1.5 laptop? These are the next-generation XO Laptops that use a 1GHz VIA C7-M processors instead of hte slower 433MHz AMD Geode CPU found in the original XO Laptop. And the OLPC folks in Cambridge, Massachusets have about 30 of the new models lying around, […]
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Xtra Ordinary software turns an OLPC XO Laptop into a standard notebook
The One Laptop Per Child XO Laptop is a unique device for a number of reasons. Cosmetically, the XO is unlike any other laptop, since it’s made to be a durable machine for use in classrooms in developing nations. It’s rugged, features a sunlight readable display, a tablet mode, and twist-up WiFi antennae. But it’s […]
Guided tour of the XO 1.5 Laptop motherboard – Video
The OLPC XO Laptop 1.5 doesn’t just have a faster new processor. It has an entirely new motherboard. And OLPC volunteer Bernie Innocenti gives us a guided tour of the new mainboard in a video which you can find after the break. The new board is exactly the same size as the motherboard found in […]
OLPC XO 1.5 includes Sugar, GNOME desktop environments – Video
The new OLPC XO 1.5 laptop might not look very different from the first generation XO laptop. But it has a faster VIA processor, and at least one neat software trick: Users can switch between the Sugar OS and a GNOME desktop environment in just about 15 seconds. Here’s what that means. Sugar was a […]
OLPC XO Laptop 1.5 with VIA processor demoed – Video
It’s been a few months since I’ve heard anything about the OLPC Xo laptop 1.5 refresh. but it looks like the new model is close enough to reality to have a working prototype floating around. The folks at the OLPC Learning Club in DC got a little hands-on time with an XO 1.5 prototype last […]
Negroponte: Sugar OS was OLPC’s biggest mistake
The netbook revolution has its roots in the One Laptop Per Child project. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte envisioned getting cheap, educational, and open source laptops into the hands of millions of children around the world. Things haven’t really worked out that way. Four years after the project begun, only 900,000 OLPC XO Laptops have been […]
Sugar on a Stick hits 1.0: Turns any netbook into an OLPC
It’s been a while since I first checked out Sugar on a Stick, a project that lets you install the OLPC XO Laptop’s operating system on a USB stick and run it from pretty much any netbook. It’s an interesting project, and the Sugar OS is full of educational goodies designed to teach kids with […]
Eee PC trumps OLPC for use in developing nations in slightly biased test
The OLPC XO Laptop was designed for use in developing nations. The computer gets excellent battery life, which makes it ideal for use in locations with limited access to electricity. And it has a unique interface designed to make the laptops simple to use for children that have had little to no exposure to computers. […]
OLPC 1.5 refresh replaces AMD Geode CPU with VIA C7-M
The folks at the OLPC Foundation have announced a major change in the XO Laptop hardware. The XO 1.5 will look almost identical to the original XO Laptop. But instead of using an AMD Geode low power processor, it will sport a VIA C7-M CPU. Last month there was a rumor going around that OLPC […]
OLPC to use ARM CPU in next-gen XO laptop?
The One Laptop Per Child group could soon move to adopt an ARM based processor for its next generation XO Laptop. The move is interesting for a few reasons. First, ARM CPUs tend to consume far less power than x86 chips from companies like Intel, AMD, and VIA. And second, Windows XP, Vista, and Windows […]