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OLPC to gain Windows XP
Microsoft has announced that it plans to install Windows XP to the inexpensive XOs that now run a customized version of Linux. To do this, OLPC spokesperson Kyle Austin says that they must redesign them and add $7.00 worth of hardware to build a stripped down version for an additional $3.00. While this might be a good thing for Microsoft, we note that the laptop, which started out as a $100.00 device, is now creeping up towards the $200.00 mark. As per usual, the OLPC people still claim that when the OX’s usage becomes more widespread, the price will come down.
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Speaking of OLPC, I saw recently where they were demoing the next generation of this device which would feature multitouch—in the video the kid was using it like a chess board with another kid! Very cool stuff… I think having Windows XP on it will finally help make the OLPC more attractive to developing countries and more connecting to those developed ones.
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Yeah i’ve heard about it just few days ago.Windows XP will certainly boost the sells of the OLPC.
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OLPC Xo is only for really poor regions,i dont think computers which are having very low specs appeal to a slightly higher strata of sociey.And $200 is getting too much,they talk of prices coming down after it becomes widespread,well with that price it might never become widespread.
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