These are great devices and have lots of good technology built into them, however the
specs are very low. I hope that the future apps are very low cpu and memory hungry.
XO laptop specs ---------------------
DVD / CDROM = NO
HDD = 1GB Flash memory
Processor = AMD 433 MHz
Memory = 256MB SDRAM
Extra Memory = SD memory slot
USB Slots = 3
WI-FI = Mesh Networking
Speakers = External
Microphone = 1/0
Operating system---------------------
Linux operating system developed by
software company Redhat.
Space required for OS = 130MB
BBC -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6679431.stm"Different programs take up different amounts of space on the ring depending on their size and system requirements. Because of the machine's limited memory, when the doughnut is full, no more programs can be opened.
It includes standard programs such as a web browser based on Firefox; a word processor able to handle most common document types, including Microsoft formats; a PDF reader and media player. In addition, it comes with games, a music creation tool and drawing programs. "
The idea is that the school has a larger more
reliable storage server onsite to allow the kids
to backup loads of files.
Screen---------------------
19cm (7.5 inches) LCD display
Colour mode: Resolution 800x600 (133dpi); power consumption 1 watt
Black and white mode: Resolution 1200x900 (200dpi); power consumption 0.2 watt;
sunlight readable
Video ---------------------
Resolution = 640 x 480
video chat across the mesh network and the internet.
check out this cool mesh networking video that perfectly explains the
mesh networking theory:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/sci_nat/07/one_laptop/swf/mesh_network.swf - this link does not always work cut and paste it into a new window if if encounter issues.
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