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: 0s | source

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shams93 ◴[16 Apr 18 15:43 UTC] No.16849730[source]▶

It was a pretty nifty little device for its time, I used one as my main laptop for a while but it was super duper slow my raspberry pi3 smokes it. It would be so cool if they released that same form factor as a device that you plug your pi into. The actual industrial design was fantastic I would love the same housing to turn my pi into a little laptop.

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pythonaut_16 ◴[16 Apr 18 15:47 UTC] No.16849777[source]▶

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Have you seen this? https://pi-top.com/

I don't know how it compares to OLPC, but it's basically what you're describing.

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1. jandrese ◴[16 Apr 18 17:07 UTC] No.16850663[source]▶

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We have one of those. It sucks. The battery charge controller is garbage and will drain the battery after a couple of days even when the Pitop is turned off. The keyboard is horrible and the (single touch) touchpad is worse. Screen is alright but low resolution.

The biggest problem however is that it costs as much as a cheap netbook before you include the Raspberry Pi and SD Card. Finally, I'm not one of those people who has to have the thinnest laptop ever, but the inside of the Pitop is cavernous. You can actually store an ethernet cable inside of the laptop! But it's hilariously thick, it feels like a 1990s laptop.

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