Sillyness, werd

0 Oh XO

How I wanted to love you. I really did. This entry is written as a response to missives like this.

The idea is great, the design of the laptop is perfect and the choice of OS, at least initially, was perfect. Then, they had to go and design a new user interface that shares almost nothing in common with computers that kids that grow up with the XO’s will come in contact with in the real world.

Sugar and Spice and everything crappy

Yeah, I am just going to come right out and say it, I hate the sugar UI.

I hate the idea behind it, I hate the execution of it and I hate the feeling you get when you use it. You are doing a disservice to the kids who will be using these laptops, by not equipping them to work in the real world.

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