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- ssam, on 10/17/2007, -2/+32because it is a really amazing laptop. it has many clever features:
dual mode screen (for direct sunlight)
mesh networking
advanced powermanagement (the cpu can suspend between key strokes, the screen can stay on with gpu off, network card still meshes with system power off)
very compact.
for what it is $399 is pretty good - i208khonsu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Can you write off half of the price as a donation?
- ssam, on 10/10/2007, -1/+19the project is going as planned.
the increased cost is mostly to do with the value of the dolar and an increase in features.
also the $100 price was never expected imediately. its the goal for the price once these are being produced in volume. - sirhomer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18Sounds like something I'd be interested in. Perhaps a school here in the states can take advantage of this offer?
- jjhat1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12As a Computer Engineering student I will probably buy one of these just for experience and the possibility of giving back to a good cause by developing for the platform. (That and it would be really awesome just to have one.)
- thestorey, on 10/17/2007, -2/+14You look like a retard sitting in starbucks in general...
- nullcodes, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14To the negativists out there claiming it's better to give food and water .. the world has many people who ALREADY have those things but lack access to decent communications and education. This laptop will help them get better educated so they can earn more money and make better contributions to their society by taking advantage of computers to use modern design strategies for education, designing agricultural and sanitation systems .. producing goods that are in demand etc. It's not just the starving people who need help .. it's also people who are not starving and barely have their essentials taken care of and may fall back into that situation if not given the hand up out of it. A majority of the world's poor people are in that situation, and need resources made available to them cheaply so they can get be self sufficient and out of the fallback zone.
Now I disagree with the notion of not selling the laptops in the US for the going price. There are poor people in every country -- including the US who could use these laptops. These laptops would be great not only for students but business people and older students over there .. and should be sold to them. I also think they should be sold at wal-mart etc. for the same price they're being sold in other countries. - jakethecake, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Bogin Boing's OLPC post
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/23/one-laptop-pe ...
OLPC XO laptop page. (Where you can sign up for an email reminder, when the laptops become available.)
http://www.xogiving.org/ - ChrisAlbon, on 10/17/2007, -2/+11Who will do that? I am more excited about buying a OLPC than an iphone.
- Damhna, on 10/17/2007, -0/+8It's not really designed for people old enough to drink coffee.
My 5 year old will be getting one of these for Christmas.
The altrustic elements nonwithstanding it is a great way for me to keep those sticky fingers off the keyboard/mouse on our primary family PC while he gets his fix of Noggin. - parbjohal, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8What are people failing to get about this?
This is a machine designed to aid learning and education for young children in developing / 3rd world nations, I doubt it was ever intended for the type of western markets people here are talking about. As far as I'm aware it will still be sold at the original price to those very nations - and now will be sold in the US for a higher price, whereby 2 machines are actually bought - with one being 'given' to the original cause. I can imagine US parents possibly purchasing the machine, give one to their young children and introduce them to computers, and IT etc - and have the other one donated to children of the same age around the world who would never have had the chance to purchase a computer, or access one in schools or libraries etc.
This was never a machine intended to be used in starbucks, to play WoW or to install various OS's and hack it to within an inch of its life etc... (though i'm sure someone out there will!) - punkyetti, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6did you even read what you replied to? the dude said the same thing you did with out looking like an ass.
- Phocion55, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6All I remember is Microsoft trying to piggy-back the project and get a crippled version of WinXP installed on it by default.
I don't think anything actually became of it tho. - redxxx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Very high resolution reflective monochrome display. That's all I want it for. Just to be able to read digitally distributed works without my eyes hurting, which will work with any sort of format. Kinda like one of those digital book things, but it would be cheap and wouldn't suck ass.
Should also work as decently as a wireless remote terminal for my desktop. - cakeeating, on 10/17/2007, -0/+6yeah. http://www.xogiving.org/faq.html
- sirhomer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Completely agree on the selling machine in Western countries. Get rid of take home textbooks and you'll have plenty of money in the school budget to buy one of these for each student every three years even.
- grieks, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Your comment was valid a couple of years ago.
RTFA or just look at the pics - ToastPop, on 04/17/2009, -2/+7This is a really good cause, and the laptop is half decent too, or at least something you can give to a family member who just needs the basics. If it's available to Canada, I'll seriously consider getting one.
- felch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Haven't you ever heard the whole "teach a man to fish" saying? I'll let you figure out why it might be a good idea to educate the impoverished, because I hope you're not as clueless as you sound.
- ShrimpCrackers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Those are the first steps to World Peace. Why fight ethnic battles when there is so much to fap to? Thats right, these kids will learn that all ladies of all ethnic races and religions are equally hot. Now if you excuse me, I've got some OLPC compatible porn sites to make.
- ncc74656m, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I'm sure that the price difference comes in with the idea that this can only be the $100 laptop if a sufficient quantity is ordered, thus bringing down the prices for the components.
That said, I tend to agree with the above: Yes, we need to spread education and wealth across the world, but with millions of children below the poverty line in our own borders, don't we have something better to do with our money?
On the other hand, Kiva.org is a nice way to spread the economy, and it's not even a gift, rather, a loan. - Gavagai80, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5A quick google says there's already a tetris game for it. You also have the option of splurging on getting electricity delivered to your home so that you can plug it in. Enjoy.
- teknomunk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7This has bells and whistles that the name brands don't have (see ssam's post above)
- Rukaribe, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6No, look at the bigger picture. To have a good society you need infrastructure, which means you need educated people to build and economy to support that infrastructure which needs infrastructure in the first place. To break this loop you need a kick start, many nations did it by over powering other nations. But in this age that is not possible, the best way is through education, and with how life is now, education revolves around the computer. Once these children learn the basics of computers they will be much more able to become successful. Basically the computer is their window to opportinity. It's not as simple as you make it, there are so many variables and other such things that it is hard to explain. Basically this is a realistic program that has benefits that are hard to even anticipate.
- Ansible, on 10/17/2007, -1/+6Yarr! Are you available for parties! I need a troll to ***** in my punchbowl!
- Borgcube, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Well, the way I see it, it is a laptop because it has batteries that can be recharged through solar or other kind of recharger, since electricity is a luxury in undeveloped countries, making a desktop computer with batteries would be just... stupid for multiple reasons. Not to mention that wireless hub must be in place so that there won't be any need to dig up or modify the infrastructure.
- blogger123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4this could be the perfect laptop that parents could buy for children. It has some nice little features that a child would enjoy, but it doesn't cost a huge amount and it doesn't have a whole lot of power under the hood so it limits the child somewhat to minor activities, which is what the majority of the population use a computer for.
If I was parent, I'd give it some really serious consideration for anyone who'd like to buy a laptop for a sibling - trogdoor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4To all the idiots saying that you could get a better laptop for $xxx remember ( or realize ) that in certain ways ( battery life, wireless, screen that can be used in bright sunlight, durability ) this is the best laptop on the market, for any price. Or please find any other laptop that has all the features that the XO has before commenting.
- weeble, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I've seen it.. held it in my hands.. and even used it. The design is simple and really quite smart. The way software is loaded and runs is also kind of slick. I tried to talk them into letting me keep the one I was using, but they insisted I give it back... I would love to have one
- mystyc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4How about this...I buy one laptop and the second is sent to some needy person IN THE UNITED STATES!!! Maybe (for a change) we should help our own people instead of everyone else (who usually end up hating us anyway). Just imagine the utopia the US could be if we cleaned up our own house first...then help others. Ya know...like every other country does!
- syroncoda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4i want it...i want it nooooow now now now. i hope it doesn't jump in price.
- louiedog, on 10/17/2007, -0/+4These laptops were designed for you, they were designed for kids in developing countries. You want to throw down $100 on a laptop you don't even need when the parents of these kids don't spend that much on food in a year.
- ssam, on 10/17/2007, -0/+4the development process is pretty open. i think there is a price breakdown on the website somewhere.
if you think they are making a huge profit, why is nobody undercutting them? - graemee, on 10/17/2007, -0/+4Math lessons
- kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The reason its over $100 is partly because of the falling value of the US $.
The components need to be bought from asian companies. the cost of each part has increased as the value of the $ has fallen. - nirav72, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3So I wonder if someone buys one of these and donates the other one..do they receive a receipt from OLPC stating that they donated this as charity?..If so..could write this off on taxes (atleast half $200) and get one for my son.
- leomyhero, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7glad to see this finally happening! Please digg up!
- kazamx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You seem to be missing the point. This laptop is designed to be tough. it can survive when your laptop with 5x the power would die. it is designed to be used in bright sunshine, to be used as a book and a dozen other things a standard laptop isn't.
this thing is fantastic for people in poor countries where they don't have everything we have in the west. - directive0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Just my opinion, but the only real solution for poverty in the "third world" is providing employment to the masses that can support a higher standard of living. The best way to do that today is with education of the young upcoming workforce with "first world" level understanding of technology and concepts that make business and communication possible. So yeah, I do see a lot of promise with devices like these, and I also wouldn't mind playing around with one.
- kidcodea, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3maybe its better, maybe its not. depends on what you are doing. also whatever u are doing with the asus u have to do it in 3 hours. with olpc its endless as long as u have arms some stamina.
ps: asus has the worse support ever - petebot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2
Wow. There is some serious hate for this idea, and it seems like most of you people didn't RTFA. I would have thought that this idea would get some serious support here on Digg. The idea here is to bring computing and education to places that are wayyyy off the grid. It's for developing nations. It's not like they're going to hand one of these to a starving kid instead of food. This is a completely different venture. BTW--the price of these will come down. It seems like their having problems with countries ordering the computers and then not following through.
As far as giving them to American kids--most schools and libraries in the US have some sort of computer lab. Kids here can have access to computing, whether or not they have access at home. We also have a school system in place. In a lot of rural areas of the world, kids have NO access to either computing or education.
There's also an instructable somewhere for using one of these as the brains of an iRobot.... - rheaume, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Uh yeah I kinda got that from the part that said "the "give one, get one" scheme that will allow US residents to purchase two laptops for $399 (£198)."
- thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5OLPC: Bringing the PR0N to kids... WORLD WIDE!
- nirav72, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Moron..do some research before you post something like that. The reason the OLPC is more expensive now is because of the value of the dollar and also additional features added to the original design. They're still expected to go for lot cheaper once they ramp up production and decrease the manufacturing cost. Also, its not like you're getting taxed for this.
- Phocion55, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Is it November 12th yet?
- matrox212, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I completely disagree. First, it's a non-profit organization and not a business. Second, it has a very specific mission and that's to provide an educational tool to children that may not have the opportunity to get an education in any other way. It's not a magic wand but it is a small but valuable step in the right direction.
- Gavagai80, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2But if you teach a man to fish he'll become good at it and drive your fishing business to its demise. Better to give him fish so he can't compete with you. You can even call it charity to assuage your guilt, and no one will question you, they'll just praise you.
- barl0w, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Here's a photo of one at LinuxWorld next to a Dell D620: http://flickr.com/photos/barl0w/1101266148/
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