MIT Students Develop $12 OLPC Competitor Based on NES Console

**MIG-31** · Aug 8, 2008, 05:21 PM

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has yielded a mix of success and failure. On the positive side, it has managed to put together a relatively low cost, fully functional laptop; the XO. On the downside many features were left out, including the sometimes criticized, sometimes praised idea of crank power generation. Also on the not-so-good front, the laptop, which was supposed to be a $100 laptop, ballooned to a cost of $188. Other bad news came when chipmaker Intel pulled out of the project, launching a potential competitor -- a second generation Classmate notebook.
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Source: Dailytech

Aug 8, 2008, 05:21 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,854 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	MIT Students Develop $12 OLPC Competitor Based on NES Console The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has yielded a mix of success and failure. On the positive side, it has managed to put together a relatively low cost, fully functional laptop; the XO. On the downside many features were left out, including the sometimes criticized, sometimes praised idea of crank power generation. Also on the not-so-good front, the laptop, which was supposed to be a $100 laptop, ballooned to a cost of $188. Other bad news came when chipmaker Intel pulled out of the project, launching a potential competitor -- a second generation Classmate notebook. ____________ Source: Dailytech __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here