The XO will come installed with *nix?
On Wednesday 07 November 2007 4:03 pm, keith smith wrote:
> China? Didn't they have a ton of problems with cat treats and lead paint?
>
>
> Rhune Lord <rhunelord@gmail.com> wrote: Production Begins for Schoolkid
> Laptops
>
> By BRIAN BERGSTEIN
> AP Technology Writer
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> CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- The One Laptop Per Child Program, which hopes
> to spread sub-$200 computers to schoolchildren in developing
> countries, has reached a milestone with the start of mass production.
>
> The nonprofit spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> said assembly lines for its "XO" laptops were fired up Tuesday at a
> Chinese factory run by manufacturer Quanta Computer Inc. That means
> children should begin getting the green-and-white computers this
> month.
>
> One Laptop Per Child did not specify how many computers will be made
> or how many orders it has received from international buyers. The
> program's founder, Nicholas Negroponte, said in September that Quanta
> would build about 250,000 XOs this year, ramping to 1 million a month
> in 2008.
>
> Negroponte originally expected mass production of several million XOs
> to have begun by now. But he scaled back that goal after encountering
> reluctance from potential buyers.
>
> The computers were dreamed up as $100 laptops but for now cost $188,
> and buyers are expected to let children keep the computers and tinker
> with them at home.
>
> The initial recipients will be children in Uruguay, Peru and Mongolia.
> Also, beginning Monday, people in North America will be able to buy
> one for themselves and donate the other to a child overseas through
> http://www.laptopgiving.org .
>
> Even with mass production beginning later than expected, One Laptop
> Per Child can claim success on several fronts. The small yet rugged
> XOs require low power and can be recharged by hand, have a screen that
> can be read in full sunlight and boast a user interface designed
> specially for children. And the impending emergence of the XOs
> awakened other companies to the potential of a low-cost educational
> market, greatly expanding the choices that international buyers now
> have.
>
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