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[Justin Goeres]

Behold! My OLPC arrived today!

[Michael Aivaliotis]

If it was me, I would just spend the money on an iPhone.

[Tomi Maila]

QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Mar 19 2008, 04:18 AM)

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Behold! My OLPC arrived today!

You mean OLPCAOFJ (One Laptop Per Child And One For Justin)

[Chris Davis]

So, should the DELL in the background be worried???

[Justin Goeres]

QUOTE (Chris Davis @ Mar 19 2008, 05:10 AM)

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So, should the DELL in the background be worried???

The Dell in the background has something to worry about, but if it's worried about the OLPC, it's looking in the wrong direction. :ninja:

[PaulG.]

QUOTE (Chris Davis @ Mar 19 2008, 09:10 AM)

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So, should the DELL in the background be worried???

No. The OLPC is designed for kids and is subject to the obligatory "drop" test.

[Chris Davis]

Perhaps it should be worried about a computer from a company that rhymes with Snapple?

[Justin Goeres]

QUOTE (Chris Davis @ Mar 19 2008, 09:27 AM)

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Perhaps it should be worried about a computer from a company that rhymes with Snapple?

I can't say anything more. It's watching me.

[hooovahh]

That reminds me...

XP on OLPC?

Here it crashes but gets close.



Here it actually works...but no GUI just a command prompt.

[shoneill]

QUOTE (hooovahh @ Apr 3 2008, 06:00 PM)

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That reminds me...

XP on OLPC?

I still cannot fathom WHY someone would actually go through the trouble of installing XP on something which is superiour without it.....

As to the Iphone. Well. If you like your life being DRM'd by Steve Jobs then more power to you.

I'm getting an Eee soon, and I certainly will NOT be putting XP on it.

Shane.

PS I would have bought an OLPC, but they don't ship outside the US.

[hooovahh]

I didn't say it was better, I just think its interesting. The "because I can" factor is interesting enough. How functional XP would be?...not so much.

[shoneill]

QUOTE (hooovahh @ Apr 4 2008, 03:51 PM)

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I didn't say it was better, I just think its interesting. The "because I can" factor is interesting enough. How functional XP would be?...not so much.

I'd love to have those days back where I could afford the "because I can" time it takes to do things like these.

But somehow, spending the day doing useful things has it's rewards too.....

Shane.

[Michael Aivaliotis]

Here's a VI Shots interview with Justin and his OLPC. Check out TurtleDraw. Very nice.

Edit: It looks like OLPC is partnering with Microsoft. Gonna switch to Windows? Uh oh.

[PaulG.]

QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ May 19 2008, 04:05 AM)

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... Gonna switch to Windows? Uh oh.

Kiss of Death for OLPC. I can just imagine some poor kid in Nigeria running around looking for an IT guy when his laptop stops working.