OLPC gets Microsoft Windows

Dual boot version planned


16 May 2008 9:17 GMT / By Amy-Mae Elliott

Microsoft and One Laptop per Child have announced an agreement that will see the Microsoft Windows operating system available on OLPC’s low-cost XO laptops for the world’s poorest children.

Microsoft says the availability of Windows, in addition to Linux, on the XO laptop will "allow customers to have an expanded choice of operating environments that best fit their requirements".

The intention of the OLPC is to create a version of the XO laptop that provides the ability to host both Windows and Linux operating systems, giving users the ability to run either on the XO laptop.

Trials of the XO machine running Windows are planned to begin as soon as June in key emerging markets.
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Hardware, Laptops, Software, Microsoft, OLPC, Operating Systems

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