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The OLPC XO (formerly known as $100 Laptop, [2] Children's Machine, [3] 2B1 [4]) is a low cost laptop computer intended to be distributed to children in developing countries around the world, [5] to provide them with access to knowledge, and opportunities to "explore, experiment and express themselves" (constructionist learning). [6]
A minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a type of smaller general-purpose computer developed in the mid-1960s [1] [2] and sold at a much lower price than mainframe [3] and mid-size computers from IBM and its direct competitors.
A mini PC (or miniature PC, nettop, or Smart Micro PC) is a small-sized, inexpensive, low-power, [citation needed] legacy-free desktop computer designed for basic tasks such as web browsing, accessing web-based applications, document processing, and audio/video playback. [1] [2] [3] The word nettop is a portmanteau of network and desktop.
[4] [5] As of August 2022, GEEKOM has released the following three mini PCs in addition to the Mini IT8: the Mini IT8 SE, [2] MiniAir 11, [6] [7] and Mini IT11. [ 2 ] In January 2022, GEEKOM partnered with Intel to launch its first gaming laptop , the GEEKOM BookFun 11, marking GEEKOM's first venture into the smart laptop market.
An HP Mini netbook computer running Windows XP. A netbook is a small-sized laptop computer; they were primarily sold from 2007 until around 2013, designed mostly as a means of accessing the Internet and being significantly less expensive. An Acer Aspire One netbook sitting on a standard sized Toshiba Satellite laptop, demonstrating the size ...
The American One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project, launched in several African countries in 2005, aimed to equip schools with laptop computers at low cost. While the average price of an inexpensive personal computer was between US$200 and US$500, OLPC offered its ultraportable XO-1 computer at the price of US$100.
Sizes of classic subnotebooks (2001's ThinkPad s30, 10.4") and early netbooks (2008's Eee PC 901, 8.9"); note to reduced keycaps size. As typical laptop sizes have decreased over the course of the 2010s, and other distinguishing features have become mainstream, the distinction between regular-size and 'subnotebook' laptops has largely disappeared.
A notebook computer or notebook is, historically, a laptop whose length and width approximate that of letter paper (8.5 by 11 inches or 220 by 280 millimetres). [ a ] The term notebook was coined to describe slab-like portable computers that had a letter-paper footprint, such as Epson 's HX-20 and Tandy 's TRS-80 Model 100 of the early 1980s.