Update from ProjectOne Laptop Project reaches critical stages

One Laptop Project reaches critical stages. Chris Barylick. UPI. Online February 2006. The One Laptop Per Child project … has moved closer to completion … has reached several of its goals with full manufacturing and distribution of the units due in about 12 months time. … The current design of the machines, which feature about 25 percent of the parts of a standard laptop computer, includes a 500 MHz AMD processor, 128 megabytes of RAM, a 500 megabyte Flash-based memory drive, Linux-based operating system and dual mode display capable of acting as both a brightly lit color LCD monitor as well as a contrasted black and white reader capable of clearly displaying text in direct sunlight. The units will also feature dual power supplies in the form of a standard AC connector as well as a small kinetic crank on the side of the machine that can be turned to build a charge in locations where electricity might be unavailable or unreliable. …