[The Path to Root - SysAdmin Blog (Beta)] OLPC News 2007-07-28

[treehead]

[http://wiki.laptop.org/go/News#Laptop_News_2007-07-28]

"Free Drop: Mary Lou Jepsen and Quanta reviewed all the 10-point free-drop data that we have been collecting over since December 2006. The units are dropped on all corners, all side bumpers, and front and back. Initially, we had dropped onto plywood, but this spring we made the test tougher: we have been dropping on a hard steel plate, with and without a carpet. B4 units pass a 150cm 10-point drops onto a carpet-covered steel plate; a 105cm simulated slanted-desk 'slide' onto a steel plate; and a 80cm 10-point free drop onto a steel plate. The laptop, when dropped on the antennas, withstands a 150cm drop. To put these data into perspective: a standard laptop only passes a 45cm 10-point drop on plywood (a much softer material than steel)."

I am consistently impressed by the engineering on the One Laptop Per Child systems. The system is the "greenest" laptop yet, consistently passes and exceeds torture tests, and boasts some of the most advanced wireless engineering available for laptop clients. Oh, and it boasts one of the most inexpensive price points for any portable computing device.

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Posted By treehead to The Path to Root - SysAdmin Blog (Beta) at 7/29/2007 04:33:00 AM