OLPC represents the second generation of computers XO

In the center of public attention mobile computers XO first hit on November 16, 2005, when during the economic forum in Davos, Nicholas Negroponte and Kofi Annan, showed a working prototype “stodollarovogo” notebook. Since then been working on final design of the system, searched the manufacturer, which ultimately proved the Taiwanese company Quanta Computers. Draft OLPC - “every child on the computer” - was supported by companies Google, News Corp., AMD, Red Hat, etc., to participate actively in the development of laptops. However, the draft from the outset been criticized as from the Governments of some countries and heads of leading IT-companies. In their view, the OLPC project does not take into account the specifics of life in many countries, and providing every child according to his own personal computer is not a high priority, including on reforming the education system. Nevertheless, work on creating a cheap computer XO have been completed and is already being implemented delivery devices on the market in the countries wishing to cooperate with the OLPC-Association. In the list of the countries concerned have the: Uruguay, Peru, Mexico, Ethiopia, Iraq, Nigeria, Brazil, Suriname, Nepal, Pakistan and others total thus far known about the supply of around 600 thousand devices, and expressed interest in increasing sales of personal computers in the near future.

In doing so, the project is and competitors, foremost of which is to recognize the cheap personal computer Classmate PC, developed by Intel under its own programme of World Ahead. The project aims at ensuring full-fledged schools with computers, with emphasis in this case is not on the value of end devices, and the functional component. It is worth noting that the company Intel, some time to declare their support for the project OLPC, but later change its decision to the contrary, believes not enough XO laptops functional devices, not able to provide a full range of functions necessary for the full study. However, in favor of XO said its lower cost, because computers Classmate PC worth more than $ 200.

Thus, the OLPC project and created within him a personal computer using popular with buyers. This gives engineers an opportunity to work on new, more sophisticated and at the same time, cheaper versions of laptop XO. And just the other day Association presented a prototype computer OLPC XO 2.0. Nicholas Negroponte said that the updated version of XO should see the light in 2010, with major innovations are: an improved liquid crystal display, equipped with sensory system management and the awarding to read even with bright sunlight picture; a leaner body notebook. But the main thing that the cost of computers will be reduced to $ 75, because the most expensive component of the system, LCD screen, dropping in price to $ 20. This happens, according to forecasts, by modernizing the technology manufacturing liquid crystal panels, and thus expected to reduce cost of production of LCD products.