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OLPC - One Laptop Per Child. Used, like-new condition

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OLPC - One Laptop Per Child. Used, like-new condition
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Winning bid:US $340.00 

Ended:May-22-08 11:37:11 PDT
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Item location:Wakefield, Rhode Island, United States
History:11 bids
Winning bidder:greebogreebo( 4 )

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Starting time:May-15-08 11:37:11 PDT
Starting bid:US $200.00
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Description
Item Specifics - PC Laptops
Condition:

Used

Processor Type:

Geode

Brand:

OLPC

Processor Speed:

433 MHz

Screen Size:

7.5 inch

Processor Configuration:

Single Core

Operating System:

Linux

Memory (RAM):

256 MB

Primary Drive:

Solid State

Hard Drive Capacity:

1 GB


One OLPC Laptop

We purchased this at work to test out (our customers are in education), everything worked very nice, now we don't need it any more. It was probably used for 4-5 hours total and is in perfect condition. You get the OLPC itself and the AC adapter (we did not save the box, and it does not come with any instructions).

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Shipping is flat-rate $20 and includes insurance via USPS Priority Mail. Will ship only to continental United States.

 

Hardware

The XO is a potent learning tool created expressly for children in developing countries, living in some of the most remote environments. The laptop was designed collaboratively by experts from both academia and industry, bringing to bear both extraordinary talent and many decades of collective field experience for every aspect of this nonprofit humanitarian project. The result is a unique harmony of form and function; a flexible, ultra-low-cost, power-efficient, responsive, and durable machine with which nations of the emerging world can leapfrog decades of development—immediately transforming the content and quality of their children's learning.

Software

XO is built from free and open-source software. Our commitment to software freedom gives children the opportunity to use their laptops on their own terms. While we do not expect every child to become a programmer, we do not want any ceiling imposed on those children who choose to modify their machines. We are using open-document formats for much the same reason: transparency is empowering. The children—and their teachers—will have the freedom to reshape, reinvent, and reapply their software, hardware, and content.

Interface

The desktop metaphor is so entrenched in personal computer users' collective consciousness that it is easy to forget what a bold and radical innovation the Graphical User Interface (GUI) was and how it helped free the computer from the “professionals” who were appalled at the idea of computing for everyone.

OLPC is about to revolutionize the existing concept of a computer interface.

Beginning with Seymour Papert's simple observation that children are knowledge workers like any adult, only more so, we decided they needed a user-interface tailored to their specific type of knowledge work: learning. So, working together with teams from Pentagram and Red Hat, we created SUGAR, a “zoom” interface that graphically captures their world of fellow learners and teachers as collaborators, emphasizing the connections within the community, among people, and their activities.

 

 







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Q: Did you install any additional software on it or does it just have what originally came on it?May-21-08
A: This laptop has been factory reset, when you turn it on it will appear exactly as it did when we received it.
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