OLPC’s XO Laptop Available with Microsoft Windows OS

Microsoft and One Laptop per Child (OLPC) have announced that Microsoft Windows operating system will soon be available on OLPC's low-cost XO laptops.  Created the world's poorest children, the original $100 laptop with Linux OS has more than doubled in price since it was first announced by MIT's Nicholas Negroponte, but now that the XO laptop will be running Windows, kids should be able to get even more use out of the computer. Microsoft and OLPC are said to be committed to working with governments and nongovernmental organizations in testing XO laptops and delivering them to children. A demo video of the XO laptop with Windows OS is now available.

"From the beginning, the goal of OLPC has been to use technology to transform education by bringing connectivity and constructionist learning to the poorest children throughout the world," said Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of OLPC. "Today's announcement, coupled with future plans for a dual boot version of the XO laptop, enhances our ability to deliver on this vision. In addition, OLPC will work with third parties to port its user interface, called 'Sugar,' to Windows."