Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 27th Apr 2007 07:10 UTC
"The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface." More here.
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Member since:2005-07-06
What I don't understand is how on earth they'll get Office 2007 to run on that tiny screen, when the new ribbon interface is designed with large screens in mind (most of the functions probably wouldn't fit on the OLPC's screen). Will MS have to develop a new, alternative interface? Or will they take the typical MS approach and say, "well, the customers will just have to deal with it"?
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2005-07-11
Options are always good, but it sounds like a PR advertisement to me. The CPU is x86 and Im sure I dont have to tell anyone here that running windows on an x86 CPU isnt new. It is perfect timing for that OS/office whatever package MS is offering for $3 though.