The wraps have been taken off the new version of the XO-2 laptop designed for schoolchildren in developing countries. "It is a totally new concept for learning devices," said Prof Negroponte.The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device. The laptops which originally had a target price of $100 now cost $188 each.The new version loses the green rubbery keyboard, sporting instead a single square display hinged at its centre. In mid-May OLPC announced a deal with Microsoft to make Windows & Linux available on the XO machine. OLPC has announced the resumption of the Get-One-Give-One program and this will allow people in wealthy nations to buy two XO laptops and donate one to a child in a developing country. So far with this program OLPC has distributed 30,000 additional laptops to children in Rwanda, Mongolia and Haiti.
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