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December 18th, 2007

Your XO laptop is about to land

Posted by Larry Dignan @ 1:57 pm

Categories: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Linux, Personal Technology

Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

In Focus » See more posts on: OLPC

The OLPC is shipping its XO laptops and some folks are already getting theirs.

Earlier today, John Walicki, IBM’s open client architect and Linux client deployment manager, noted to me in passing that his XO landed the other day. He didn’t open yet though since he reckons he’ll play with it for a while and had work to do. Walicki also said that the XO is for his kid, but he’ll spend a lot of time with it (I have the same plan).

Then this Twitter landed:

XO laptops are already being shipped and will be received on a first come first served basis. Expect yours to come very soon.

My status: Waiting anxiously.

Also see: OLPC: How do we gauge success? Will 490,000 units do?

Larry DignanLarry Dignan is Editor in Chief of ZDNet and Editorial Director of ZDNet sister site TechRepublic. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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the best reviews will come, indeed
the best reviews will come from adults who need to be mobile without checking non-stop the battery icon, without worrying about spilling the coffee on their laptop and without worrying about losing th... (Read the rest)
Posted by: emilper Posted on: 12/19/07 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Excellent news  Confused by religion | 12/18/07
Of course the best reviews will come from kids that use these.  DonnieBoy | 12/19/07
"It's neat"  Confused by religion | 12/19/07
Well, I would still like to see the reactions of kids that do not have any  DonnieBoy | 12/19/07
We really need to get these into a rural US school where journalists can  DonnieBoy | 12/19/07
Birmingham, Al  b.bob | 12/19/07
Wow, great, will be interested to see the news reports about it!!  DonnieBoy | 12/19/07
XO Laptop First Impression: This Is Not A Toy  dave@... | 12/19/07
RE: Your XO laptop is about to land  BillPStudios | 12/19/07
the best reviews will come, indeed  emilper | 12/19/07

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