OLPC XO-1: The $100 Laptop (That Wasn’t)

Technology -- and the access to information that it brings -- has long been considered a huge benefit to education. An organization with lofty goals and noble intent tried to change the world with a $100 laptop, but found out the hard way that doing so is much more complicated than it seems. Sources: Mess of AC adapters photo: #/media/File: Solar panel photo: : Clamp charger photo: : Steve Jobs photo: : Nicholas Negroponte photo: : “The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality“, The Wall Street Journal, November 14, 2005. OLPC with Windows XP boot screen photo: “Microsoft to Try Windows XP Out on OLPC in January,“