Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th Jan 2008 22:21 UTC, submitted by WillM
The One Laptop Per Child Project and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday. "We are working with them very closely to make a dual-boot system so that, like on an Apple, you can boot either one up. The version that's up and running of Windows on the XO is very fast, it's very, very successful. We're working very hard to do both," said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC.
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2007-02-17
Be totaly compatible with 95% of the computer on earth ...
You aren't going to be able to run MS Office on an XO.
It has only 1GB of storage. Microsoft are talking about adding an extra 1GB just to fit their bare Windows OS on it.
No application programs for YOU!
If you are actually interested, here are the applications of the XO that come pre-packaged with the Linux default install:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities
... and this is the word processor:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Write
You are simply not going to be able to fit this level of functionality, plus Windows OS, into 1 GB of storage, or even 2 GB.
Edited 2008-01-10 12:20 UTC