the OLPC XO-1 is basically indestructible. my housemate originally got the one we've been using during the give-one-get-one sale in 2007. we first started usin

the OLPC XO-1 is basically indestructible. my housemate originally got the one we've been using during the give-one-get-one sale in 2007. we first started using it for various burning man projects in 2009. it's run the brains of our various robotics projects, operated a webcam to generate timelapse videos, played music via mpd/ncmpc, you name it. we've left it out in the sun and rain and dust and it just keeps on ticking! the sealed keyboard is awesome at not breaking, although not particularly awesome for typing on. the screen is the best part -- it has this mode where you totally turn off the backlight, which gives you the ability to read it in bright sunlight almost like e-ink. in 2012 we left it out in the sun a little too long, and the display looked like it had leaked internally. after giving it some time to cool off, it's back to looking good as new. i don't normally rave about objects like this, but oh my god, WTG OLPC.