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OLPC’s $100 laptop was going to change the world

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235 points ChrisArchitect | 1 comments | 16 Apr 18 14:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.225s | source
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neolefty ◴[16 Apr 18 15:43 UTC] No.16849737[source]▶
Everywhere and nowhere. I thought they helped inspire the current round of affordable computers (chromebooks, phones, cheap laptops, pi, etc)?
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1. ansible ◴[16 Apr 18 15:49 UTC] No.16849797[source]▶
Indeed it did. The XO started a wave a new, cheap computing that saw the Asus EEE PC 401 as the start of commercial products in this new category, and really got going with tablet computers around 2010.