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Sugar, The XO Laptop, and One Laptop per Child

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 26, 2007

“Considering its USD100 price tag and the fact that the XO
laptop is intended to be used around the world in drastically
different environments, the physical design of the laptop is
extremely important. Specifically, it must be both durable and
power efficient.

“The laptop must be moisture resistant, including a rubber
membrane keyboard and touchpad. It must also be shock resistant,
which is why no spinning media exists. It uses a flash device for
mass storage (1024MB NAND flash)…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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