Microsoft and the laptop organization announced that the nonprofit’s green-and-white “XO” computers, which had been anticipated for months now can run Windows in addition to their homegrown interface, which is built on the open Linux operating system. The founder of the laptop project, Nicholas Negroponte-which aims to produce $100 computers but now sells them at $188. Negroponte had hoped to sell several million laptops by now; instead he has gotten about 600,000 orders. Beginning in limited runs next month, XO buyers will have the option of computers loaded with or without Windows. Versions with Windows will cost $18 to $20 more; $3 of that is for Windows, and the rest covers hardware adjustments, like an additional memory-card slot, needed to make Windows run.
Despite the higher price — and Windows’ inability to take advantage of some key features of the XO — Negroponte said his project would benefit from Microsoft’s strengths in selling and deploying technology. Further he explained, thier goal is to enhance enhanced with Microsoft’s decision and this partnership because we will reach many more children. Many countries are looking forward at the XO and collaborative learning. Negroponte had other reasons for pursuing a path separate from Windows. For one, Linux is free. That’s key when you’re trying to make a computer for $100. Plus, Linux was seen as easier to configure for the XOs’ specific innovations, such as its ultra-low power consumption. Further he explained, “It’s not a laptop project. “but actually “The hundred-dollar laptop is an education project”.
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