I got to mess with an OLPC... And I have to say...

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Title: I got to mess with an OLPC... And I have to say...
Post by: helf on May 06, 2008, 01:43:55 PM
*EDIT* OK, been playing with it some more. The interface is growing on me *GASP!*.. hehe Still sluggish though.

Other than that, it has some pretty nifty hardware. I love the color/mono screens. I want one :) I wouldn't leave their terrible OS on it, though.

Bootup from hard reset was around 2 minutes to a working interface. It took anywhere from 10-20 seconds for programs to launch...
Title: Re: I got to mess with an OLPC... And I have to say...
Post by: kb7sqi on May 06, 2008, 04:16:24 PM
Quote from: "helf"*EDIT* OK, been playing with it some more. The interface is growing on me *GASP!*.. hehe Still sluggish though.

Other than that, it has some pretty nifty hardware. I love the color/mono screens. I want one :) I wouldn't leave their terrible OS on it, though.

Bootup from hard reset was around 2 minutes to a working interface. It took anywhere from 10-20 seconds for programs to launch...

If you were going to go that route, why not just get a EEPC?  Sounds like you'd be happier w/ something like that.  Small, quicker, and then atleast you can have a better choice of OS'es.  I've been thinking about that or getting an MacBook Air.  OS4.2 running on an MacBook Air would be awesome.  8)

Take care.
Title: I got to mess with an OLPC... And I have to say...
Post by: helf on May 06, 2008, 04:23:51 PM
Mostly for the insane battery life and kickbutt hardware ^_^

oh, I can also get an OLPC X0 for a bit less than an eeePC :P
Title: Re: I got to mess with an OLPC... And I have to say...
Post by: cubist on May 13, 2008, 01:43:58 AM
Quote from: "helf"*EDIT* OK, been playing with it some more. The interface is growing on me *GASP!*.. hehe Still sluggish though.
I borrowed a friend's XO and I have to say it would be greatly improved by a light-weight installation of XP.  And the acronyms would even line up.  The music apps have the worst interfaces/workflow I've seen in a long time.  And the one thing I really want to try, the mesh networking, isn't finding any mesh nodes to connect to and I'm in Cambridge.

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