:ArsTechnica: MIT Laptop Gets a New Name Just in Time for Field Tests
ArsTechnica: MIT Laptop Gets a New Name Just in Time for Field Tests Aug 28, 2006, 14 :15 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (7397 reads) (Other stories by Ryan Paul)
"With a 500-unit field test ready to begin in September, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program has announced that the much-anticipated, now-$140 laptop will be called Children's Machine 1 (CM1). Although MIT failed to reach the $100 price point, the Linux-based laptop is a remarkable achievement. Manufactured by Chinese hardware company Quanta, the rugged, portable computer features a 400mhz AMD Geode processor (the original prototypes had a 366mhz processor), 128MB of DRAM, built-in wireless support, and 512MB of flash memory for internal storage..."
