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Markarian
11/04/09

In reply to Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2
I'm really not surprised. The concept shown above is the kind of product a Chinese megafacturer could sell at $400 wholesale. There's no way it would have been half as economical as the XO. OLED and eInk, flexible displays, are about at the stage that LCD computer monitors were in early-to-mid 90s. You see it Popular Science and on the Discovery channel, but it'll be a good decade before it's really prevalent in your home.

And yes, my prognostication may be quite a bit off. But let's face it, they've been demoing this stuff for the last five years and we have only a dozen or so consumer products to show for it. And they sure aren't cheap enough for the average Ugandan 4th grader.
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fuchikoma
11/05/09

@Markarian: Exactly. I have an XO-1 and it's great for what it is. I'd be totally up for a transflective waterproof tablet like they're talking about, but the dualscreen XO idea just baffled me - it's like they went from trying to make a laptop for under $100 to giving up on that and trying to compete with Apple for the next slickest gadget. #olpcxo2
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frigg
01/07/09

In reply to Negroponte Halves OLPC Staff, Phases Out Sugar Linux to Focus on Dual-Screen XO
Maybe they could reduce costs by having employees use XO computers.

Actually, the whole OLPC organization is misguided. It would be much more efficient and successful to develop and manufacture them as a commercial product, in partnership rather than in competition with industry leaders, and then create a nonprofit solely to distribute them to impoverished areas.
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ppeetteeyy
01/07/09

In reply to Negroponte Halves OLPC Staff, Phases Out Sugar Linux to Focus on Dual-Screen XO
WHY are they trying to make dual touch screen ones?!?! Why don't they just keep the cost DOWN and make basic well functioning cheep laptops? They could do a lot more good with their donations that way. This is just ridiculous.
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
01/07/09

@ppeetteeyy: The keyboard leaves a little to be desired, and is prone to tearing of the membrane.
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NotSoSiniSter
01/07/09

In reply to Negroponte Halves OLPC Staff, Phases Out Sugar Linux to Focus on Dual-Screen XO
Not to sound cold, but what if they actually sold those things HERE. In the US? Maybe they could actually make some money. I think a lot of parents would want to buy a $100 computer for there little kid to play with. There is a huge opportunity but there blowing away the chance. THEN when they are sitting on top of a pile of cash they can start sending those things to Africa with there assets and not half hearted donations.
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Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
01/07/09

@NotSoSiniSter: I agree. I would have jumped at the chance to get something like this for my daughter, heck, I'd have paid quite a bit more than $100. As it is, my daughter is really not old enough to do much more with a computer and my heart jumps every time she uses one of my 1k+ laptops.
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
01/07/09

@Shamoononon has hebetudinous dog ★★★★★: @Andyr2120: @ppeetteeyy: @CrispyAardvark: As one of the first people in the US to order an XO, I have to say that it's not the best laptop in the world. I like it, but at first, the laptop was in need of a lot of help. The OS was terrible, had none of the features they said it would, and was crippled to dis-allow certain programs to be loaded like web browsers and other things. It still needs some work, which is why I don't use it as much as I would like. The community HAS been working on it, which is great. Also add in that I don't know my linux very well, and it was much easier for me to pull a laptop out of a dumpster and add some RAM than it was/is to get this laptop to work very well.

That being said, I do love the whole idea of the project. I think if I learned on Linux to start, I would easily get the laptop up and running. The screen IS awesome, and once I finally get a OS with a GUI, I will use it more than I do now. I got a lot of attention when I was using it at the Gallery.
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