http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/olpc-scrap-dual-display-xo-2-single-sheet-8220model-30-slate8221-in-works Discuss Gadgets! en-US Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:19:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://discuss.slashgear.com/search.php http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/olpc-scrap-dual-display-xo-2-single-sheet-8220model-30-slate8221-in-works#post-4618 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:02:16 +0000 Alexandra 4618@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <p>How can OLPC claim TCO is 1$ per week per child? Assuming their estimate of a five-year life span for each computer is correct (which it isn&#8217;t: I have seen them in classrooms and there is no way they will last 5 years), that leaves $60 per computer after $200 purchase price to cover: distribution, electrical installation (the schools these XOs are destined for mostly don&#8217;t have electricity at all, let alone plugs or power for individual computers), satellite dish, training for teachers, repairs, replacements for lost and broken XOs. Who is kidding who?</p> http://discuss.slashgear.com/topic/olpc-scrap-dual-display-xo-2-single-sheet-8220model-30-slate8221-in-works#post-3777 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:44:10 +0000 Chris Davies 3777@http://discuss.slashgear.com/ <blockquote><p>OLPC chairman Nicholas Negroponte <a href="http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/11/02/negroponte-outlines-the-future-of-olpc-hints-at-paperlike-design-for-third-generation-laptop/" target="_blank">has revealed</a> that the <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/olpc-xo-2-has-native-multitouch-haptic-feedback-likely-2811794/" target="_blank">twin-display OLPC XO-2 2.0 project</a> has been scrapped, in favor of an updated &#8211; but cosmetically identical &#8211; revamp of the existing 1.0 XO-1 model and a new, model 3.0 that has &#8220;totally different industrial design, more like a sheet of paper&#8221;.  Speaking to Xconomy, the outspoken exec also sought to redefine the initial, well-publicized aim of &#8220;the $100 laptop&#8221; in terms of total cost of ownership: $1 per child per week to buy, maintain and connect the machine.</p> <p><img class="alignnone" title="OLPC XO-2" src="http://www.slashgear.com/gallery/data_files/7/4/OLPC_XO_2_2.jpg" alt="OLPC XO 2 2" width="480" height="321" /></p> <p><em>More OLPC model 3.0 details after the cut</em></p> </blockquote> <p><br/><strong>Full Story:</strong> <a href="http://www.slashgear.com/olpc-scrap-dual-display-xo-2-single-sheet-model-3-0-slate-in-works-0362671/">OLPC scrap dual-display XO-2; single-sheet &#8220;model 3.0 slate&#8221; in works</a></p>