Cool vision, but reading between the lines, the $100 laptop still costs $172, and the radical OLPC 2.0 is history. Check the full article for details and more pictures. (via Anne Thomas Manes)
That revamped machine, known as the XO-3 and targeted for release in 2012, is still more of a pipe dream than a product. But early designs for the PC reveal a minimalist slate of touch-powered electronics that drops practically every feature of a traditional computer except its 8.5-by-11-inch screen, a scheme that would shed all of the first XO's child-like clunkiness without losing its simple accessibility.
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