I opened my front door today to get the mail, and there was a package waiting for me. The OLPC website didn’t change to say that they shipped my computer, but evidently, they did. Yay! I have posted the unboxing pictures on Flickr. I’ve only played with it for about an hour, and here are some initial comments:
- It’s very light and small - the touchpad and keyboard are little too small for my hands, but hey, it wasn’t designed for me.
- The plastic on the outside looks like it could really take a beating.
- The battery doesn’t seem to work. It’s fully charged, but when I pull the plug, it dies. It also won’t turn on with out the plug in. Weird.
- I need to find other people with OLPCs to take advantage of the nifty mesh network features.
- The music creation app is very entertaining.
- The SD card slot is under the monitor and VERY hard to get to. Plus, I couldn’t determine how to access the card once inserted.
- The ‘please wait, I’m doing stuff’ icon is a pair of people doing jumping jacks. Funny.
- I can’t wait to see what applications people wind up developing for it.
- It’s picking up wireless networks that my Dell can’t see.
- I plugged in my Microsoft wireless USB mouse, and it worked like a champ.
That’s it for now. My weekend just got full.
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