Comments on: OLPC’s Negroponte Responds to Intel’s Classmate 2 and New Low-Cost Laptops http://blog.laptopmag.com/olpcs-negroponte-responds-to-intels-classmate-2-and-new-low-cost-laptops News and views on today's hottest laptops, cell phones, and other mobile devices. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:25:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Charbax http://blog.laptopmag.com/olpcs-negroponte-responds-to-intels-classmate-2-and-new-low-cost-laptops/comment-page-1#comment-1745 Charbax Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:00:04 +0000 http://blog.laptopmag.com/olpcs-negroponte-responds-to-intels-classmate-2-and-new-low-cost-laptops#comment-1745 I wonder when we'll see the first commercial versions of the OLPC XO hardware. When will any of HP, Dell, Wal-Mart or any other giant in the business sign a deal with OLPC to just borrow the exact current OLPC XO-1 design from OLPC, put a commercial logo on it, perhaps customize the color (black), perhaps slightly change the keyboard (more adult-friendly less dust-proof) and distribute it commercially? Intel does reference designs for third parties to brand, manufacture and distribute, when will OLPC start doing that? Quanta's previous CEO once said Quanta would have liked to release the XO laptop commercially (to help speed up mass manufacturing) and sell it in supermarkets around the world for $200 each. I wonder when we’ll see the first commercial versions of the OLPC XO hardware. When will any of HP, Dell, Wal-Mart or any other giant in the business sign a deal with OLPC to just borrow the exact current OLPC XO-1 design from OLPC, put a commercial logo on it, perhaps customize the color (black), perhaps slightly change the keyboard (more adult-friendly less dust-proof) and distribute it commercially?

Intel does reference designs for third parties to brand, manufacture and distribute, when will OLPC start doing that?

Quanta’s previous CEO once said Quanta would have liked to release the XO laptop commercially (to help speed up mass manufacturing) and sell it in supermarkets around the world for $200 each.

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