Photo gallery: One Laptop per Child

Negroponte shows off the OLPC as it boots. He was genuinely nervous as it started up -- and just as genuinely delighted when it successfully launched itself (slowly) into the main screen. This prototype runs slower than the final device because one critical piece of hardware is still unfinished (although the final chip had been finished the day before, according to Negroponte).

Credit: © Rupert Goodwins/CNET Networks

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