electronics store. In the end, possible compromises may come down to market positioning: With Asus now hitting the $500 mark with its Eee PCs, there is growing room for a cheap notebook, if it really can be built for less than $100, as Nicholas Negroponte claims....

Portugal Signs Deal for 500,000 Low-Cost Laptops From Intel. Classmate Intel Portugal OLPC XO. It’s bad news for Nicholas Negroponte as news emerges of a deal between Portugal and OLPC competitor Intel.. It’s bad news for Nicholas Negroponte as news emerges...

recognition or reputation Microsoft or Windows has around the world. In other words, we all know Windows, not everyone knows Linux. OLPC founder, Nicholas Negroponte, felt that the option of a dual-boot version of the XO machine would mean more sales, something...

like on an Apple, you can boot either one up. The version that’s up and running of Windows on the XO is very fast, it’s very, very successful. We’re working very hard to do both," said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC. ...

its lumps lately from its own software developers for going with Windows XP, but its next generation XO could be interesting. According to various reports from Laptop Magazine, Xconomy and Gizmodo, OLPC chief Nicholas Negroponte unveiled this e-book-ish device...

XO Laptops for Europeans. XO laptop OLPC $100. Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC XO laptop is finally making it over to Europe. The One Laptop Per Child Foundation is reviving its Give One Get One (G1G1) scheme for the small, energy efficient notebooks and it seems...