OLPC XO-2
Last night I checked out the redesign of the OLPC-XO. The low budget machine turned into a real nice to have gadget. Let me sum up few remarkable specifications of this XOXO or XO-2 as it is called:
· Dual 16x9 proportioned sunlight-readable touch screens.
· Keyboard and touchpad both replaced by touch screens.
· Physically smaller than XO-1; size and weight more like a book.
· 1 watt power consumption.
Combine these specs with the OLPC concept itself and you have a powerful and good looking machine.
Although I think OLPC is a wonderful initiative and the people behind it are really upright I wonder whether it will ever by a success. The new design doesn't take my doubts away, the opposite, it strengthens them. Isn't it too slick, too fancy? Don't we think a starving kid from a 3rd world slums would rather sell it for a few dollars or find something to eat then connect to his local network?
· Dual 16x9 proportioned sunlight-readable touch screens.
· Keyboard and touchpad both replaced by touch screens.
· Physically smaller than XO-1; size and weight more like a book.
· 1 watt power consumption.
Combine these specs with the OLPC concept itself and you have a powerful and good looking machine.
Although I think OLPC is a wonderful initiative and the people behind it are really upright I wonder whether it will ever by a success. The new design doesn't take my doubts away, the opposite, it strengthens them. Isn't it too slick, too fancy? Don't we think a starving kid from a 3rd world slums would rather sell it for a few dollars or find something to eat then connect to his local network?
geplaatst door Sebastiaan Terlouw om 20:48
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