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Everyone else can go home nowEveryone else can go home nowPosted Dec 6, 2006 2:11 UTC (Wed) by N0NB (guest, #3407)Parent article: Child's play: Sneaking a peek at the OLPC OS (Linux.com)
since Microsoft is now testing the $100 laptops and the project has added
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2170209/microsoft-looki...
From the article:
'"We put in an SD slot in the machine just for Bill. We didn't need it but
'The SD slots allow users to add additional storage capacity to the
'The system requirements for Windows XP demand a minimum of 1.5Gb of
So, it would appear that all other comers need not apply since Microsoft
I think I'll be sick now.
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Everyone else can go home now Posted Dec 6, 2006 2:30 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] From what I hear, several of the target countries wanted an SD slot. The internal controller supports SD, so the additional cost was for the connector - less than a dollar.Meanwhile, the OLPC folks aren't going to tell people what system can run on the machine - it's a totally open system, after all.
Everyone else can go home now Posted Dec 6, 2006 10:36 UTC (Wed) by MKallas (guest, #38539) [Link] "it's a totally open system, after all"
And as (almost) every notebook available nowadays, will it come with a proprietary OS installed, so they have millions of new dependants, then?
Everyone else can go home now Posted Dec 6, 2006 10:52 UTC (Wed) by ringerc (guest, #3071) [Link] Another way to look at is that laptops made to run the MS system may help meet the production numbers required to make this thing practical - so you might well look at letting it run Windows as helping the Linux one happen at all.
Sounds good to me, but then I prefer to see choice than one alternative forced on everybody.
Everyone else can go home now Posted Dec 6, 2006 12:44 UTC (Wed) by cpm (subscriber, #3554) [Link] Give a man a fish, feed him for a day
Teach a man to fish, feed him and his family for years
Teach a man to order his fish online, and pay with credit
Microsoft, creating monopolistic single vendor lockin
Everyone else can go home now Posted Dec 6, 2006 11:18 UTC (Wed) by dark (subscriber, #8483) [Link] "less than a dollar" could still be the difference between the $100 laptop and the $101 laptop :)
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Everyone else can go home now Posted Dec 7, 2006 8:13 UTC (Thu) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link] Which ain't that different from the original goal, seeing as there's been a little bit of inflation, and the dollar has fallen significantly in value.
Everyone else can go home now Posted Dec 7, 2006 11:08 UTC (Thu) by emj (guest, #14307) [Link] That's alot of inflation...
Everyone else can go home now Posted Dec 6, 2006 14:50 UTC (Wed) by sepreece (subscriber, #19270) [Link] Yes, but leaving the Windows question aside entirely, it probably adds more than $1 in value to the platform.
SD connector good for everyone Posted Dec 6, 2006 17:47 UTC (Wed) by dwheeler (subscriber, #1216) [Link] Adding an SD connector is good for everyone. It probably costs less than $1 to add, and anything - including Linux - could use whatever the SD connector connects to.Anyone remember the original Mac? It had limited memory, and no reasonable way to add any memory, which limited its usefulness. The OLPC system is different in many ways, and making it IMPOSSIBLE to add capabilities that are widely useful elsewhere is probably too risky. Especially since it's hard to predict exactly what will happen with these machines. And there's a big difference between adding an SD connector, and adding the memory as well. Adding an actual SD memory stick with fast memory (fast enough that it's plausible enough to use as more main memory) isn't SPECTACULARLY expensive, but it would significantly add to the price of these machines. And when you buy large numbers, that matters. A lot. But adding the CONNECTOR doesn't cost much, and lets you buy large lots of computers. That means you only need to add the actual memory for specific locations where it's desired. More flexibility is often worth a small amount.
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