OLPC unveils first prototype of XO 2.0
By Paul Miller 
posted May 20th 2008 12:27PM
posted May 20th 2008 12:27PM
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I call vapor.
word.
i only call vapor because i see OLPC as a failed project and 2.0 wont ever come out =P
i was about to say .. i can just about breathe this damn computer.
WOW! WOOOOW!
I'd pay 300€ in a heartbeat for that!
thats probably how much it will cost
Osborne Effect - here's the X0 2.0 which is much more feature filled but please still buy those old X0 just like you would have.
Hey, I have a concept for a car that is going to cost $500!
http://www.blavish.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/veyron%20II.jpg
See OLPC? I can say a bunch of bullshit too!
damn thats a sexy car
I'll gladly pay you a premium for that Veyron of $550. And $600 if I can pick the color!
Too bad that Veyron has been pushed off of the fastest production car.
Too bad the veyron is ugly as $H1T! lol
"You sunk my Battleship...."
ROTFLMAO!
Wait... didn't Nintendo already do that one?
Yup this is basically like a DS (which today probably costs below $75 to manufacture), sunlight readable, with probably 20h or more battery life, with two 7" 16:9 touch-screens, WiFi mesh and WiMax.
i cant decide if i should +1 or low rank, i think neither will do just fine
@ugg.tryptophan: go on, try the "!" button...
How will kids learn to type on that?
You could imagine somekind of $0.50 rubber keyboard layer you could strap on to cover one of the screens and which would simulate the touch of a rubber keyboard instead of having to type on a flat screen.
"How will kids learn to type on that?"
Simple...same way we learned how to use the keyboards we use now.
Charbax: that's exactly what I thought too - open the displays, take out roled rubber keyboard from a pocket, pout on lower screen and type nicely...
-1 for me.
You get some points for originality, but overall it's still in line with the 'first!' post and therefore must be penalized.
A new Microsoft Assimilation Device? No thanks. I'll donate to UNICEF instead.
If that costs $75 on launch I'll go to my local trilbys'r'us and consume their entire stock.
@ugg.tryptophan: go on, try the "!" button...
I've already tried the last comment route, sadly it wasn't the last comment either.
Looks like it's going to cost at least ten times more than the current XO.
Maybe if every person on earth bought one they might break even on it for $75 bucks. Although I think if it was $75, every person on earth would want one.
Just what the developing world needs!!! PONG!!!! Seriously... (pic on left)
At least this doesn't look like it's made by Mattel. Props to XO for that.
$75..? I'll take ten!
I call your ten and raise you twenty.
@ Lazerface- Is your sn an El-P reference?
And that looks like a big DS with a keyboard
Its vaporware
Anyway even if it costs 750 ill buy it
its a little too futuristic
You know, I used to really support the OLPC, defending it in forums, promoting it to people I talked to, but I don't bother anymore.
Agreeing to put WinXP on it was just the nail in the coffin, as far as I'm concerned.
OLPC has said from day 1 Windows XP would run on the laptop, in fact the OLPC XO is an open platform, which means any X86 based OS will work on it. It's just a matter of the OS to fit within the processor, ram, nand flash storage and other aspects of the laptop, and that's why it took Microsoft about 6 months longer to get it to work then for the Linux Sugar version.
If Steve Jobs invested the required R&D into it, he could possibly fit OSX on the OLPC XO as well.
And OLPC made Microsoft decide to licence Windows XP on the OLPC for $3, which is quite good considering Windows XP licences usually was something like $100.
Sure it's "open" and WinXP _can_ run on it. But is that really a good idea?
Microsoft Windows is great for us in the first world, where we have the money to afford being locked into a single vendor who's charging us whatever they want, but is that really good for those in the third world? I thought the whole point of the OLPC was to ensure that those countries _didn't_ get locked into a single vendor, and thus be at the risk being price gouged. Isn't that one of the main reasons why they picked Linux in the first place? Why there's a damned "view source" button that was built right into the keyboard?
And "Made" Microsoft license WinXP for $3? You make it seem as if some great concession was made. Need I remind you that "licensing" Windows to someone costs Microsft almost nothing? :P
Mate your argument doesn't make any sense, and reeks of linux/open source fanboy garbage. Lets go through it piecemeal:
"Sure it's "open" and WinXP _can_ run on it. But is that really a good idea?"
Yes.
"Microsoft Windows is great for us in the first world, where we have the money to afford being locked into a single vendor who's charging us whatever they want, but is that really good for those in the third world?"
They don't have software vendors in the places these will be utilised. What other vendor could they possibly buy from? What a stupid argument. And how the FUCK are you locked into MS? Moron.
"I thought the whole point of the OLPC was to ensure that those countries _didn't_ get locked into a single vendor, and thus be at the risk being price gouged."
Oh and here I was, thinking the whole point of the OLPC was to give One Laptop Per Child... Nope, guess its about not locking in those well informed 3rd world kids into a single software vendor! That's what the WHOLE project is about.
"Isn't that one of the main reasons why they picked Linux in the first place?"
No.
"Why there's a damned "view source" button that was built right into the keyboard?"
There's no mouse?
"And "Made" Microsoft license WinXP for $3? You make it seem as if some great concession was made. Need I remind you that "licensing" Windows to someone costs Microsft almost nothing? :P"
They lose ~$97 per machine. Sell 1 million machines, that's ~$97,000,000 lost in profits. Of course, it costs them nothing.. Money is a figment of your imagination. MS are practically giving away their software for the machine mate, and you are complaining about "lock-ins" - 1) There is no lock-in, that's absurd, and 2) What 3rd world kid fucking cares about a lockin? They fucking ASKED for XP because thats what we have - they thought Sugar was a load of shit, which it is.
Get off you high horse mate, you just look like another open-source freak.
@fragge
Some of us like community-developed, free stuff. If you want to pay through the @$$ every year or two for the same unsupported crap, then be my guest.
@Fragge, your argument is pure ad hominem, and deserves a response at a level you can understand.
"Yes."
Yes, what? Why? If you're going to respond, support your claim. "Put up or shut up."
"They don't have software vendors in the places these will be utilised. What other vendor could they possibly buy from? What a stupid argument. And how the FUCK are you locked into MS? Moron."
Correct -- they don't have software vendors in the places these will be utilized. Note how many vendors WE 1ST WORLD people need just to keep Windows systems running. How the *FUCK* are you going to support a vendor-dominated operating system in a vendor-deprived environment?
Moron.
"Oh and here I was, thinking the whole point of the OLPC was to give One Laptop Per Child... Nope, guess its about not locking in those well informed 3rd world kids into a single software vendor! That's what the WHOLE project is about."
and...
"Isn't that one of the main reasons why they picked Linux in the first place?"
No."
Once again, the moron is Dead Wrong.
You see, they go together. The whole point they picked Linux is because it had zero, yes, let me repeat that, ZERO, distribution costs. Windows does not.
Why did they care about this? Because they also wanted a system which didn't have to rely on vendor support to maintain -- see counter-point above -- further reducing the cost. Yes, Virginia, they chose Linux for a very good reason indeed, which was to PREVENT vendor lock-in, which in turn PREVENTS excessive distribution costs.
It's all related.
Moron.
"There's no mouse?"
Goes to show you how much you know of the OLPC, now doesn't it, moron? Yes, there is a mouse -- there is a trackpad in the keyboard, at least in the unit I used.
Moron.
"They lose ~$97 per machine. Sell 1 million machines, that's ~$97,000,000 lost in profits."
More than made up for by the sale of software FOR the Windows platform (e.g., Office). Microsoft is a business with sharp economists in their ranks -- they would NOT make this kind of decision if they would lose money.
Let me repeat this: THEY ARE NOT LOSING MONEY.
"They fucking ASKED for XP because thats what we have"
There is also that small matter of legal imposition too; some countries are mandating the installation of Windows as a government requirement, not as a stated requirement by the end-user.
"they thought Sugar was a load of shit, which it is."
hmm...probably the only thing we actually agree on.
Hah. I wonder if they're actually finish distributing the last round of G1G1 laptops before the next one.... And are they going to stick with Windows - ick. I switched mine to XFCE in protest.
Well, you can do basically the same thing with a TFT and Optimus Maximus for $2000. Oh, wait...
ahhhh higher replacement costs, that's the goal of the OLPC.
very intelligent thought :)
it seems they just want to give out alot to get alot
make demand with sexy cheap product
mass produce mediocre build quality of product
repairs keep the demand high for people that "must have it"
in the end, everyone gets a sexy generic laptop and OLPC rakes in loads of cash
It seems like OLPC is only concerned with technological masturbation, with very little consideration for actually teaching children. What a shame.
I must be seeing things ... are we in the year 2061?
I would have said 2001 - you know the Space Odyssey thing. But that was such a huge disappointment. No space stations, no shuttles, no HAL ...
XO 2.0 please don't disappoint me...
LMAO, if this is even 900$ in 2010 and available itll be a miracle... looks super sexy even for an expensive laptop let alone for a OLPC... but i think hes majorly DREAMING
...well, he was actually able to deliver on the XO. Granted, the drivers aren't all there yet, but the thing CAN run full Ubuntu/Xfce... including Open Office. It really is an amazing little device.
I applaud you. You win the "Ugly Betty Award of the Year." But in a good sort of way.