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. chriswarbo ◴[16 Apr 18 20:31 UTC] No.16852464[source]▶

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Hmm, the case looks quite brittle and fragile (e.g. I don't see rubberised bumpers, etc.). Plus the keyboard has a whole bunch of vulnerable moving parts.

The product page doesn't give details of the battery, so I assume it's lithium ion rather than lithium ferrous phosphate (i.e. prone to explode)? Can't see what screen technology they're using, but if it's anything like standard laptops it won't be readable in sunlight and will require a power-hungry backlight.

Thankfully modern laptops don't seem to require mercury in their backlights (now that they're LED), so the "non-toxic backlight" feature of the OLPC is no longer necessary.

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