A little green computing machine that made Intel see red

**MIG-31** · Jan 14, 2008, 02:08 AM

Source: Guardian.co.uk
Thanks to mkk for the Submit.
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A interesting package arrived in my household the other day: a small bright green-and-white laptop with a built-in carrying handle. It looks as if it has been designed by Fisher-Price, an impression reinforced by two little 'ears' which, when unclipped, double as wi-fi antennae. The 7.5in screen rotates and folds back on itself to form a kind of tablet, rather like those pricey Toshiba laptops only Microsoft salespeople can afford.

CDsDontBurn · Jan 14, 2008, 03:16 AM

bad move on intel for this one.

bug77 · Jan 14, 2008, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by CDsDontBurn

bad move on intel for this one.

Apparently intel was asked by the OLPC foundation to back out of all competing projects (like Eee). If true, they really had no choice.

Jejking · Feb 1, 2008, 04:21 PM

Would AMD be able to sneak out making a deal with the OLPC?

Low powerconsumption, lowcosts, dumping all the bad steppings because lowspeed is required...

Matth · Feb 2, 2008, 01:42 PM

I'd assumed VIA would be the obvious solution, as their experience in small format, low power computing is impressive - unlless the idea is that the low speed/power CPU is to be filled by "rejects" from higher speed lines.