Right now? not very easy. But the Support Gang and various XO User Groups around the country are working on starting repair centers. No one is *entirely* sure how the centers are going to work, but they are going to be getting parts from existing broken laptops, and (hopefully) eventually parts directly from Quanta.<br>
<br>So if you can be patient, we should be able to help you.<br><br>Oh and as Mel Chua discovered quite nicely, the XO works fine without it's lower half, as long as it has power. (and a usb keyboard and mouse!)<br><br>
Seth<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 13, 2008 4:38 AM, Josh Cogliati <<a href="mailto:jjcogliati-olpc@yahoo.com">jjcogliati-olpc@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Just out of curiosity, how hard is it to get parts for<br>the OLPC? (As in I got one with the G1G1 program, and<br>my son is sometimes putting serious stress on the<br>hinge, so I am wondering what happens if it breaks.)<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br>--- Seth Woodworth <<a href="mailto:seth@isforinsects.com">seth@isforinsects.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>><br>> Plus, part of the OLPC's ease of repairing also<br>> translates to its ease of<br>
> recycling, which is a big bonus for the planet. Too<br>> many devices are<br>> difficult to break down into reusable materials.<br>><br>> The OLPC also wins praise for it's incredibly low<br>> power use (2 watts,<br>
> compared with 30 to 40 watts for a typical laptop).<br>> It was designed to work<br>> with alternative sources, since so many parts of the<br>> developing world don't<br>> have reliable, or affordable, grid electricity.<br>
> Jepsen said power sources<br>> being deployed include simple hand cranks, $10 solar<br>> panel kits, wind<br>> turbines, stationary bike motors, and even a device<br>> that harnesses the power<br>> of cows walking in a pasture.<br>
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