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First Footage: Same OLPC XO Boots Both Sugar and Windows XP

This is the first footage of the same XO OLPC doing a dual-boot of Sugar Linux and Windows XP—something skeptics have said wasn't going to happen. Soon, XOs will ship with both Sugar and XP for Boot Camp-style dual-booting options. They will never come with only XP, though the team is working on adding more of the Sugar functionality, like the mesh network and the fun sharing apps, to the Windows side. Once again, little PCs are coming to the rescue of Windows XP. More »

12:01 PM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By Wilson Rothman
9,768 views, 15 comments

Latest by glaeven: i hate to say this, but its an improvement. sugar is just awful. sorry olpc. more »

Exclusive

Photos: Red OLPC Limited Edition

Wilson caught this limited edition Red OLPC at the company's headquarters near MIT's campus in Cambridge today. The limited edition run of 100 is made for developers working on the dual boot Sugar Linux and Windows XP system, and has specs identical to the regular OLPC, except 2GB of RAM 2GB flash memory—the minimum required for Windows. As you can see, the color scheme is the inverse of the all-red prototype you may have seen before. There are no plans for a public release, so the closest you'll get to seeing this may be in the gallery below. More »

4:33 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008
By Benny Goldman
7,854 views, 29 comments

Latest by sharkync: How many Lego blocks did it take to build? more »

intel classmate

Intel Classmate OS Will Be as Sugary as the OLPC

Intel's for-profit take on the OLPC concept will soon share a UI with its spiritual predecessor. Walter Bender, the guy who made the original child-friendly Sugar interface with the OLPC project, told PC Magazine that Sugar will be adapted to the Classmate PC. Intel had previously disassociated themselves with the OLPC program because they really wanted to continue developing the Classmate. Because I guess earning money from the emerging world is more satisfying and because, you know, Intel needs more. That and more gas on the OLPC and Classmate flame war. [PC World]

9:11 PM on Thu Jun 19 2008
By John Herrman
1,748 views, 11 comments

Latest by maven2k: One more reason to buy AMD. more »

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OLPC Founder Negroponte Wanted to Make Multitouch XO-2 Laptop 20 Years Ago

Long before the XO Laptop climbed over $100 and OLPC's name was sullied by infighting (and then redeemed by its dual multi-touchscreen XO2 concept) OLPC founder Nick Negroponte was preaching the gospel of ten-finger multi-touch over the "mouse on Macintosh," which sounds profoundly clunky compared to his vision of interfacing with computers. In this 1984 TED talk, the experience he describes sounds remarkably like the XO-2—over 25 years later, he'll finally build the computer he's always wanted. (And I want too.) The clip is long, but prescient and brilliant—you'll feel smarter afterward. [TED via Mental Floss] More »

5:40 PM on Mon Jun 2 2008
By matt buchanan
1,731 views, 11 comments

Latest by The Monarch: Brilliant! Too bad he cooks pengiuns... more »

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OLPC To Become Colombia's Finest Import

OLPC has agreed to supply 65 thousand XO computers to the state of Caldas, Colombia, providing an injection of technology to a rural area of the country. The first 15,000 will be distributed throughout the most remote areas of the state by the end of 2008, while the remaining 50,000 will be offered in the capital, Manizales, and other remaining areas of the state by the end of 2009. More »

8:30 AM on Thu May 29 2008
By Adrian Covert
1,410 views, 21 comments

olpc

OLPC XO-2 Will Love You Back With Haptic Feedback and Multitouch

OLPC's upcoming wonder laptop, the XO-2, will have multi-touch and haptic feedback, according to a Mary Lou Jepsen of Pixel Qi, who designed the original's innovative indoor/outdoor display, and is charged with making the XO-2's dual touchscreens happen. Additionally, the touchscreen capabilities will be integrated directly into the LCD, rather than relying on a secondary display layer to sense inputs, as used on most current touch screen devices (including the iPhone). More »

5:32 PM on Tue May 27 2008
By John Herrman
2,716 views, 9 comments

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OLPC XO Laptop's Sugar OS Being Shopped to Four Other Laptop-Makers

Even though the XO Laptop's Sugar-coated OS wasn't exactly the most vaunted aspect of the attempted laptop-for-all, following Windows XP's invasion of the project, former OLPC exec Walter Bender's newly formed Sugar Labs is shopping Sugar around. They're in talks with at least four "ultra low-cost" notebook makers who would use it for kid computers. This is the second OLPC splinter faction to license tech from the OLPC project, the first being Mary Lou Jepsen's Pixel Qi, which is licensing the XO's innovative indoor/outdoor display and aiming for a $75 laptop. I'm waiting for someone to sell me that sweet XO-2 unveiled the other day. [Betanews via Electronista]

1:00 PM on Fri May 23 2008
By matt buchanan
1,720 views, 11 comments

Latest by strider_mt2k: Are they teaming with Panasonic? Maybe that microwave knew the score after all... :\ more »

xo laptop 2.0

OLPC XO Laptop 2.0 Has Dual Touchscreens, Looks Amazing and Future-y

At OLPC's Global Country workshop today, founder Nick Negroponte unveiled the next-gen XO Laptop, and it totally blows the original away. About half the XO 1.0's size and more like a foldable book, it does away with the keyboard and trackpad to go totally touchscreen—that's right, dual touchscreens, straight out of the future, like a kid's book in Minority Report. Folded all the way out, the displays work like a single continuous one, for say, a sweet game of Pong. Like XO 1.0, the display by Pixel-Qi will look fine indoors or in bright sunlight. Unfortunately, it really is from the future: Due in 2010, they're aiming for $75 and one-watt power consumption. Update: High-res shots and full press release, and they're calling it XOXO, or XO-2. More »

12:22 PM on Tue May 20 2008
By matt buchanan
34,896 views, 78 comments

Latest by mattmchugh.com: Genius idea. Brilliant design. Unquestionably the look of the information device of the future. Will they actually pull this off by 2010? Maybe. I wish them well, and may even dig into my pocket to help. -- mm more »

xp on olpc

Windows XP on OLPC XO Laptop Now Official

Microsoft has officially announced that Windows XP is coming to the OLPC XO with trial runs beginning as early as June. This comes after months of discussion and speculation of when the move would happen. The operating system has been specially modified to run on the computer and support its ebook reading mode, writing pad and camera. And according to the press release, the plan is to have both Windows and Linux running on the machines, to let users decide what's best. More »

8:10 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Adrian Covert
5,330 views, 15 comments

Latest by nintendude: hey this actually looks cool! just gotta wait for a $100 one. then we're talking laptops for everyone. more »

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Microsoft Offers Mega-Discount on WinXP to Low-Cost Laptop Makers

Ultra low-cost PCs such as OLPC's XO laptop could end up bundled with copies of Windows OS after all, if Microsoft's most recent scheme to grab market share works. The company is giving computer manufacturers Windows XP Home Edition at a steep discount to put on ULPCs, in hopes of luring them away from Linux. More »

7:00 PM on Sat May 10 2008
By Elaine Chow
5,781 views, 31 comments

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Negroponte Moots Windows XP Version of OLPC--Is It a Case of So Long, Sugar?

The founder and chairman of OLPC has admitted that only using open-source software has not been good for the project. Just a day after the resignation of group president Walter Bender, Nicholas Negroponte admitted that the choice of the Sugar operating system has hit the XO laptop project in two places: usability; and popularity. More »

8:30 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By AddyDugdale
3,650 views, 21 comments

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OLPC Planning and Praying for $50 Laptop

In a chat with Laptop Mag about the booming ultra-cheap, ultra-portable laptop market, blustery and beleaguered OLPC founder Nick Negroponte actually manages to keep his cool while dissing his rivals—a laudable feat—and drops a couple of interesting bits: OLPC is still on a trajectory toward a $50 laptop, and they're planning on launching dual-boot Windows XP machines worldwide. Thems some lofty goals—aside from their epic fail to hit just $100, XO's crafty designer is only trying to clear $75. Good luck, Nick. [Laptop Mag]

5:00 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By matt buchanan
1,516 views, 13 comments

Latest by sanjsrik: Are they planning on fixing the crappy membrane keyboards? They never bothered to set up a supply chain for repairs and there's quite a few people (myself included) who have kids who have ripped the raised membrane keyboards off more »

laptops

Kids Are Tearing Apart The OLPC Laptop's Keyboard Rather Easily

You'd think a laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project would, I don't know, account for the fact that it's being used by a child? A child that likes to tear crap apart? Stuff like keyboards? No? Which is why people are seeing keyboards being ripped up rubber piece by rubber piece. A few of the commenters in the forums (no doubt just regular folks buying them for their kids) say that their units were developing rips within days. If this is happening in the relatively safe conditions in the US, how are these laptops going to fare in the harsh conditions they were supposedly designed for? [Laptop.org]

6:20 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Jason Chen
3,593 views, 22 comments

Latest by twreckx: @HeartBurnKid: Them African kids, who probably already work, know the value of whatever currency they earn. The shit will get kicked out of them if those things broke. more »

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OLPC Refusing to Cancel Orders?

At least one Gizmodo reader has informed us that he attempted to cancel his OLPC laptop order and was denied. Apparently, they are "not accepting cancellations from anyone for any reason." That is, unless you refuse your shipment then call and cancel after the laptop arrives back at the manufacturer. This doesn't make a damn bit of sense, so we must ask: has anyone else received a similar denial? [Thanks Joe!]

7:00 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,967 views, 16 comments

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OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days)

Reports of OLPC's Negroponte looking for a replacement to fill his CEO role were a bit unfounded, as the man himself just claimed that the organization HAS no CEO, and that whatever the replacement does, it won't be what Negroponte is doing. Negroponte says: More »

5:00 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Jason Chen
2,120 views, 5 comments

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OLPC Founder Negroponte Is Getting the Hell Out of Dodge

The One Laptop Per Child project, initially famed for its lofty goals, became known for becoming one of the more impressive shitshows in tech, in part thanks to founder Nick Negroponte's own foibles. So it's probably not a bad thing for the org—as much credit as he deserves for starting it—that he's stepping off to let someone else take over. "I am not a CEO. Management, administration, and details are my weaknesses." Probably shouldn't be at the top then, bub. [BusinessWeek via FSJ]

11:20 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By matt buchanan
3,617 views, 24 comments

Latest by akmarksman: @Vagabum: get 'em windows xp and then they can out do the east indians in dell tech support.... LOL more »

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OLPC Shipments May Not Be as Screwed Up as Previously Thought

We have all heard about the endless problems OLPC is having with its shipments. However, an email sent to one of our own stated that the production schedule is "still on track" and that the laptop he ordered is expected to be delivered "by the middle or the end of March." This comes despite the fact that the laptop was purchased at the last possible minute. Did anyone else who ordered an XO receive a similar email recently, or is your order still in limbo?

8:20 PM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Sean Fallon
1,728 views, 10 comments

Latest by Magicube: Mine arrived yesterday (2008-03-19) and I ordered it at the last minute. The big shock was how small the box was. But the markings on the box made it very obvious what it was. Now if only my fingers were more »

pcs

The £99 Elonex One Laptop: Basically British OLPC Without the Innovation

Brit PC maker Elonex is developing the Elonex, a PC meant to run in the same range as the OLPC. It'll have Wi-Fi, a flash HDD, a Linux OS, a rugged case, wireless music server and weigh less than 2.2 pounds. The price? About £99. Of course, they're doing it for the kids and not the PR. Elonex? More »

8:45 AM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Brian Lam
4,352 views, 6 comments

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