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:OLPC Battery Life: What's the Real Story?

OLPC Battery Life: What's the Real Story?
Aug 28, 2007, 16 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (7494 reads)
(Other stories by Peter Glaskowsky)

"On Sunday night, 60 Minutes reran a segment on the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project originally broadcast in May. I missed it the first time and never got around to watching it online...
"Hearing OLPC representative Walter Bender repeat the claim of '10 or 12 hours' of battery life 'with heavy use' reminded me of an open question from the last few times I blogged about the OLPC project. What is the battery life of this machine, really...?"

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