tech e blog

11/23/2006

(Video) OLPC Interface Walkthrough

Previously known as the $100 laptop, the OLPC boasts a 500mhz Processor, Linux OS, 1GB Memory, and a Two-Mode Display (Color and B&W). It's powered by AC or handcrank -- users get approximatley 10 minutes of use with 1 minute of cranking. Video after the jump.
The computers will be rugged and use Linux for their operating system. Mobile ad-hoc networking may be used to allow many machines Internet access from one connection over the OLSR wireless protocol. The pricing goal is currently expected to start at around US$135-140 and reach the US$100 mark in 2008. The laptops will be sold to governments and issued to children by schools on a basis of one laptop per child
[via engadget]

This entry was posted on 11/23/2006 05:18am and is filed under Laptops, Video .
You can leave a response.

Other Related Posts

There are 6 comments about this post (1 pages).

1
Posted at 11/24/2006 07:41am by Harry
You can view the video at full resolution over on 90percentofeverything.com. By the way I think the hand crank feature was dropped.
2
Posted at 11/24/2006 10:57am by John Larousseau
For those of you who may want to check what the OLPC interface looks like, you may want to have a look at this article I stumbled upon this morning: How to get a 'One Laptop Per Child' Image Running on your System http://geeksaresexy.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-get-one-laptop-per-child-image.html
3
Posted at 11/24/2006 5:03pm by wolf
with as much as we pay in taxes we should all get issued one, having a laptop with a dynamo would rule
4
Posted at 11/27/2006 02:55am by Sugar: La interfaz del OLPC - FayerWayer
[...] Link: (Video) OLPC Interface Walkthrough (Vía Digg) [...]
5
Posted at 11/29/2006 2:43pm by El OLPC sigue avanzando at Todo Tecnología
[...] Vía | TechEBlog Más información | Búsqueda ‘OLPC’ en Xataka [...]
6
Posted at 12/11/2006 10:47am by Lo Que Nos Rodea » El OLPC esta en marcha y podría ser un fracaso
[...] Principalmente, por el sistema operativo denominado Sugar (cuyo funcionamiento podeis ver el vídeo). Es un sistema basado en UNIX/Linux pero muy diferente a cualquier interfaz gráfica de las distribuciones de este y mucho más alejada de MS Windows y Mac. Se comenta que aunque los usuarios del OLPC puedan llevarse bien y no tener ningún problema con el Sugar, quizá cuando quieran ir un paso más allá y quieran manejar un sistema operativo de verdad todo se les vendrá encima y los problemas llegarán. [...]
You must be logged in to post a comment. Click here to login or create a user account now

subscribe rss 2.0

hot posts

recommended

our friends