[Foundation-l] OLPC & Windows?

[James Hare]

If these computers were to be equipped with Windows, they wouldn't be the
$100 laptops, they'd be the $400 laptops.

On 12/5/06, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> galwaygirl schreef:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I just came across this worrying news item:
> > http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2170209/microsoft-looking-windows-olpc
> >
> > Does anyone know more about this? Is it really true?
> >
> > Galwaygirl
> Hoi,
> There are two sides to this story. The standard hardware that runs the
> OLPC software nicely will not run the Windows software. Consequently
> many of the advantages of using this system go out of the window (pun
> intended) because extra hardware will require more power and it is
> exactly the low power functionality that makes this system shine. The
> only "dark" side that I see, is that as the system can be made to run
> such extended services, it will become more of an object people are
> willing to steal. The bright side is that when it can run Windows, there
> is room for extending the functionality of the hardware. This may make
> the system also more interesting for the western market where the superb
> ability to run with limited power is less relevant.
>
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
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