Laptop Comparison

Intel's World Ahead program took another step forward this month when Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, received one of Intel's ClassmatePC mobile devices. The Classmate PC given to President Silva is one of 30 prototype units sent to the nation's Ministry of Education for technical evaluation. Intel plans to provide another 800 units next month for a preliminary field test. Intended for use by students in grades 5 through 10, the Classmate PC is a low-budget mobile computing device with a rugged laptop form factor. Intel describes the product as a "mobile learning assistant" designed for education in developing countries. Built with a mobile x86 processor and designed to run Windows or Linux, Intel's Classmate PC is compatible with a broad assortment of standard PC software. In Brazil, the Classmate PC competes with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project's XO laptop, which is also undergoing evaluation. The government of Brazil plans to select one of the machines for broad deployment in schools across the country. Although Intel's Classmate PC and OLPC's XO laptop both aim to bring low-cost mobile computing to students, the two systems reflect distinctly different approaches to education computing.
(source:http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070305-acomparison-of-olpcs-xo-laptop-and-intels-classmate-pc.html)