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# OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world by Robin Harris
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/olpc-the-best-designed-notebook-in-the-world-by-robin-harris/
- Published: 2007-12-21T05:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-12-21T05:40:00.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

This is great commentary on some of the anti-One Laptop discussion recently. Harris makes some good points. I've seen on of these PCs and they are beautifully designed and engineered. Some people just don't get it.
  
  
[OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world](http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=258&ref=katecarruthers.com) by [ZDNet](http://zdnet.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com)'s Robin Harris -- "The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is the best-designed notebook computer in the world. It just isn’t designed for you. Get over it. Criticism of the OLPC centers on the fact that it isn’t like the notebooks adults use. As the ASUS Eee shows a low-cost conventional laptop can be powerful. But that misses the point. \[...\]"
  
  
via [Aide-mémoire](http://carruthk.blogspot.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com)