This great info on laptops written by Mel who writes on wii and more.
The one laptop per child idea is intended to place a cheap laptop into the hands of children in developing nations so that they will have access to knowledge they need for their education. There have been many innovative design features invented especially for this low-cost, low-power laptop, one of which is the LCD screen which uses adjusted DVD technology. This goes to show that a cheaper, better laptop could easily be made for the general public. What a save on power that would be. A Taiwanese computer company called Quanta Computer manufactures basic laptops especially for this programme. They are distributed by a social welfare organization called One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).
These hardwearing laptops use Linux for operating and flash memory instead of hard drive. They use a minimum amount of power and the cost target is $100 per laptop to the consumer. They can only be accessed through governments and schools; a retail version is not planned.
The XO-1 version has a camera, microphone, stylus/touch pad and a long-range Wi-fi, with an e-book function that runs on very low power. To keep the power consumption low, this laptop has all motor driven parts omitted. This includes the fan, optical media and floppy drive. For the same reason, when in e-book mode the system goes to sleep between page uses.
There have been many innovative design features invented especially for this low-cost, low-power laptop, The XO-1 version has a camera, microphone, stylus/touch pad and a long-range Wi-fi, with an e-book function that runs on very low power. To keep the power consumption low, this laptop has all motor driven parts omitted. This includes the fan, optical media and floppy drive. For the same reason, when in e-book mode the system goes to sleep between page uses. one of which is the LCD screen which uses adjusted DVD technology. This goes to show that a cheaper, better laptop could easily be made for the general public. What a save on power that would be.
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