OLPC made big claims that never materialized. They originally promised battery life that "measured in days." I never got more than a few hours life out of mine.

OLPC made big claims that never materialized. They originally promised battery life that "measured in days." I never got more than a few hours life out of mine. But really the biggest problem with OLPC was that they were too proud to admit that their custom distro "Sugar" was a POS. If they had gone with an established Linux distro that was useable they might have had a chance. Any criticism towards the machine's usability was dismissed as "this was designed for children, not adults, of course you don't understand it!"