Justin Goeres Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Behold! My OLPC arrived today! Quote Link to comment
Michael Aivaliotis Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 If it was me, I would just spend the money on an iPhone. Quote Link to comment
Tomi Maila Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 QUOTE (Justin Goeres @ Mar 19 2008, 04:18 AM) Behold! My http://laptop.org' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">OLPC arrived today! You mean OLPCAOFJ (One Laptop Per Child And One For Justin) Quote Link to comment
Chris Davis Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 So, should the DELL in the background be worried??? Quote Link to comment
Justin Goeres Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 QUOTE (Chris Davis @ Mar 19 2008, 05:10 AM) 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: Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 QUOTE (Chris Davis @ Mar 19 2008, 09:10 AM) So, should the DELL in the background be worried??? No. The OLPC is designed for kids and is subject to the obligatory "drop" test. Quote Link to comment
Chris Davis Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Perhaps it should be worried about a computer from a company that rhymes with Snapple? Quote Link to comment
Justin Goeres Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 QUOTE (Chris Davis @ Mar 19 2008, 09:27 AM) 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. Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 That reminds me... XP on OLPC? Here it crashes but gets close. [/url]Here it actually works...but no GUI just a command prompt. [/url] Quote Link to comment
shoneill Posted April 4, 2008 Report Share Posted April 4, 2008 QUOTE (hooovahh @ Apr 3 2008, 06:00 PM) 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. Quote Link to comment
hooovahh Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment
shoneill Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 QUOTE (hooovahh @ Apr 4 2008, 03:51 PM) 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. Quote Link to comment
Michael Aivaliotis Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 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. Quote Link to comment
PaulG. Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 QUOTE (Michael_Aivaliotis @ May 19 2008, 04:05 AM) ... 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. Quote Link to comment
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