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One of the things that Intel chief executive Paul Otellini showed off during his keynote at last week's Intel Developer Forum (above) was the Classmate PC, which is part of the company's World Ahead Program. Essentially it's what Intel calls a UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) which is similar to Microsoft's Origami. The Classmate PC runs the Embedded version of Windows XP (which is also what the Xbox's operating system is based on).
Riyad Emeran of Trusted Reviews has had a look at one, with photos, in Intel Classmate PC - EXCLUSIVE.
Photo: Trusted Reviews
Comment: This is an idea that seems to have been around forever, and predecessors include the Apple eMate (though that wasn't specifically for the third world) and Negroponte's One Per Child. But so far, there have been vastly more words written about the idea than machines sold....
