XO Laptops Revamped for Secondary School Pupils
Fri, 18 Jun 2010
The One Laptop Per Child foundation has revamped its XO laptop to make it more suitable for secondary school children. The original XO laptop was designed for primary school children in developing regions, and has been successfully distributed globally. The new laptops feature improved software and a larger keyboard, and will be available in a variety of colours. The notebooks are compatible with either Linux or Microsoft Windows, though the project has opted to use Linux .

Uruguay has already ordered 90,000 of the new XO-HS notebooks, having previously taken receipt of almost 400,000 XO laptops for primary school children. The Uruguayan government is clearly eager to distribute computers among the young generation, and has also ordered 10,000 of the Intel Classmate PC laptops. With 230,000 high school students in total in Uruguay, there is scope for further orders, with delivery of the new PCs scheduled to begin in September this year.

The changes represent the biggest transformation to the appearance of the XO laptops to date, though OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte is already planning to make a touchscreen tablet computer, with the prototype priced at just $75.

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