doom on the xo (black and white, no backlight)

that thing comes with 256 mb ram...I'd try to play counterstrike if I were you.

it's now nearly a $200 laptop - but for the rest of the world the price is almost the same (and they're not sold in the USA so arguing over the price in dollars is a bit pointless)

when its in tablet form, the only means of input are mic, camera, directional pad, and four game buttons (plus, obviously, any USB input device you plug in).. I don't like it in that form :/ no real point

how so?

Such old technology being sold.

Old technology? New revitalised efficient technology.

jeez dude! look it up! U've never heard of the XO? its a laptop for poor nations. costs 100 bux, and they were running a promotion where you buy one for another country, and you get to buy one for yourself (only way for US consumers to get one)

Shouldn't that be a book replacement? ;-)

FYI, there are USB ports on the side of the screen (as well as a memory card slot on the right side) - you can plug in a mouse and it works just fine.
Another thing I found cool when I got mine that I haven't seen mentioned - it actually comes with a app that turns the machine into a software oscilloscope (takes its input from the built in microphone).

If gamedevelopers would use openGL than atleast games would be way more easy to port to linux and mac osx and bsd. With games that do run opengl they don't even bother to port that. Also opengl needs some patching up. But of course none of the great companies bother. They like it just how it is. Nvidia is intel and intel and ms are just superduperbff.