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OLPC - One laptop per child - XO-1

Producer: Various - Category: Personal Computer

Photos: Photo 1 (small),Photo 2 (small),Photo 3 (small)

Photo 1: Image credit: "Fuse-Project"; upload to OLPC-Wiki: OLPC user "Walter", CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (LaptopOLPC a.jpg)
Photo 2: Photo credit: "Mike McGregor"; upload to OLPC-Wiki: OLPC user "Walter", CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (XO-Beta1-mikemcgregor-2.jpg)
Photo 3: Image credit: "Fuse Project"; upload to OLPC-Wiki: OLPC user "Walter", CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (LaptopOLPC b.jpg)

Laptop, 2007, One Laptop per Child. The XO-1 is the rugged, low-cost laptop designed by the OLPC foundation of Nicholas Negroponte for children in developing countries, with the goal of a "hundred-dollar laptop". It has a green and white case designed by Yves Béhar, a sealed rubber keyboard, a 7.5" screen that can be read in sunlight and rotated into a tablet position, mesh Wi-Fi networking and no hard disk, and it runs a Linux system with the Sugar interface built around learning activities. Over two million were distributed in Uruguay, Peru, Rwanda and other countries.

Years2007 to 2012
ProcessorAMD Geode LX-700 at 433 MHz
RAM256 MB
Display7.5" dual-mode LCD, 1200 x 900 monochrome in sunlight, colour indoors
Storage1 GB flash memory, SD card slot
Operating systemFedora Linux with Sugar
Ports3 x USB, Wi-Fi 802.11 mesh, webcam, microphone, audio
Powerrechargeable battery, external adapter or hand crank/solar options
Priceabout US$200

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