A Laptop for Those Who Can Least Afford It

... the first batch of OLPC's XO-1 computers rolled off a Shanghai production line last week. Over the next few months, they will be tested in different countries. "We have to test, test, test this machine under conditions of extreme cold, extreme heat, mud, dust, jungle and daily abuse by kids," said Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC and chairman emeritus of the MIT Media Lab. Throughout the tests, the XO-1's design will be refined with the aim of shipping the first production models to schools next summer.