A Look at the One Laptop Per Child Computer
After months of knowing the One Laptop Per Child project's XO computer only through pictures and blog postings, I got to spend an hour or so playing with a couple of test units last Thursday -- courtesy of two D.C.-area residents involved with this effort.
Vota and Blocksom brought along one recent "B4" prototype, which they said was very similar to what will go into production in September, and one slightly older version.
Intel's Classmate PC looks a little bit like a toy, but the resemblance is much more pronounced with the XO. It comes in bright green-and-white plastic (with a purple and red XO logo on the back of the lid) and includes directional buttons on either side of the screen like those on a PlayStation Portable. Like a good toy, the XO is built to take abuse: Its flip-up wireless antennas are made of a rubbery plastic that shouldn't snap off easily, the keyboard consists of sealed chiclet-style keys (silent in use, though difficult to touch-type on), and the entire lower half of the laptop flexes when you stress it.
The most impressive hardware on the XO is its color screen. Not only is it sharper than the Classmate's LCD, it also could be used without a backlight.
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