Comment OLPC hardware needs to be rugged (Score 1) 553
Increasing the spec to be able to run XP would be stupid on many levels.
It was designed to be very low power, so even with a small internal battery, it can run a long time. It is light and rugged so if you drop it it won't break. It doesn't need lot of cooling airflow, so it won't collect dust and dirt inside. Change any of those parameters and you have not only a more expensive product, but a much worse one.
For what? So you can run legacy programs that were not designed for that hardware or tuned for the cultural context?
It was designed to be very low power, so even with a small internal battery, it can run a long time. It is light and rugged so if you drop it it won't break. It doesn't need lot of cooling airflow, so it won't collect dust and dirt inside. Change any of those parameters and you have not only a more expensive product, but a much worse one.
For what? So you can run legacy programs that were not designed for that hardware or tuned for the cultural context?
