XO Giving

Starting November 12, One Laptop Per Child
will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 Program
for a brief window of time in North America.

See also the Frequently Asked Questions.

In a nutshell

If you live in the USA or Canada, and during a brief period of time, you will be able to pay USD 399 for two XO laptops. The first laptop is yours to keep (the get 1 part) and the second one is donated to the program to be distributed in one of OLPC's partner countries (the give 1 part).

XO Giving specific questions

Will the North American Laptops include any human-power system?

Will the North American Laptops use the Anti-theft 'leasing' system?

If so, can this be disabled to prevent 'bricking'?

Will people in Europe also be able to purchase X0s via the G1G1 program?

As far as I know, not. This has more to do with logistics, support and other bureaucratic reasons that apply to international commerce of electronic equipment and not an arbitrary decision that forgot or ignored the rest of the world. --Xavi 20:44, 10 October 2007 (EDT)

Can you vote for which country to send the other XO? Leave some preferences?

Feedback

I've seen Mr. Negroponte's story on "60 Minutes," and have press releases about the project. I advise a group of college students who raise money for the Zambia Open Community Schools program, a program for students too poor to attend government schools. It seems like this is exactly the population the project is designed for . . . but I'm gathering that the only way to serve a relatively small program (we've raised ~$150,000 over several years, all of which has gone directly to the ZOCS program). Is the "Buy One, Give One" program the only way we could connect olpc to the children in and around Lusaka, Zambia?