User:Rmyers/XO-Senior

XO-Senior

Following the announcement of the XO-2, I thought I'd like to share a brain-dump of a completely different approach to an XO follow-on.

My starting point was "How do you keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Paree". After a child has an XO for several years, what can you give her then? We can't simply figure that after elementary school that they'll be told that they can't have access to this sort of tool anymore.

So if the original XO is aimed at 6-12 y.o., primary school children, and the XO-2 seems to be aimed at even younger children and people of all ages that might want a bookreader/browser, the XO-Senior is aimed at middle schoolers and older. It should also appeal to first world users who want to show support for OLPC, or to use a 'greener' computer.

Share a lot with the XO

The XO does a lot of things right that should be carried forward

Share hardware

• DCON screen
• Mesh networking
• Rugged
• 'Green' -- low power, recyleable
• Mimimum number of moving parts and connectors
• Distinctive sit on keyboard and handle with guts with the screen design
  • this is a real design breakthrough with the XO. It gives a distinctive product image, projects the image of

Share software

• Linux/GNU/Sugar
• FOSS
• Constuctionist educational tools

Differ where it is needed for different mission

• Big enough for adults to use
  • full size keyboard
• Powerful enough for
  • 'first world' applications
  • full motion video
• 'Normal' Desktop easily available
  • Gnome?
  • XFCE?
  • one click reboot from Sugar to Gnome and vv.

Suggested specs

• Fastest available passive cooling processor
  • 1.2 GHz Via C7?
• 1Gb Memory
• Enough flash for reasonable use
  • 8 Gb?
  • 16 Gb?
• Screen that gives real 1024x768 color
  • at 200dpi and the DCON screen that works out to about 11" diagonal
• video out, for desktop use or sharing/demonstration
• Full size keyboard
• Expandibility
  • second memory slot
  • in machine USB or SD slot (SD should work by then)
  • 'Whale back' add-on for rotating memory with room for 5" optical drive and 2.5" HDD
• Big enough battery to give similar life to an XO with this configuration